Nanci Griffith Quotes

I think of myself as a journalist first and foremost.

I'm not a journalist, never pretend to be.

I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.

I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.

As a journalist, the details always tell the story.

I'm a journalist; I love doing interviews, and I hope that will continue.

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

Report, report, report. Dig, dig, dig. Think, think, think. Don't stop being a reporter because you've become a columnist.

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Find out what happened and put it in the paper

I'm just a reporter.

I'm a reporter by nature, I want to know everything.

I love collections. I got into journalism with the idea that I'd be doing them.

A big part of reporting is just being present. You have to show up ten days in a row to get the one telling detail.

I work like every journalist works so I have recordings, I have notes.

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

Great questions make great reporting.

I'm in the reporting part of journalism.

I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a reporter. I don't know where I got the idea that it was a romantic calling.

I used to be a journalist.

I continue to enjoy looking for stories, and trying to do the best job I can reporting and writing them.

We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news.

I'm not an advocacy journalist - that's not what I do. My role in journalism is to be able to engage the most interesting people with the best ideas.

I am not one of the great journalists of my time.