Ken Bruen Quotes

Digital television, satellite radio, videogames, iPods - so much media. Do books even matter anymore?

The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.

The newspaper is a marvelous medium. It is extraordinarily convenient and cheap. Let's see. This one cost 75 cents. Now that's a little high. I bought it when I was downtown this morning.

News, news, news - that is what we want. You cannot beat news in a newspaper.

Entertainment and information work well together.

There were always plenty of newspapers in the house. 'The Times', 'Guardian', 'Daily Telegraph' and 'Daily Mail' were all regular fixtures on the coffee table. I used to enjoy reading 'The Times' editorial pages and the 'Daily Mail' sports pages.

My greatest fear in the state of Maine: newspapers. I'm not a fan of newspapers.

I'm a pretty well-read person. I read my paper every morning.

Reading the morning newspaper is the realist's morning prayer.

A day without newspapers is like walking around without your pants on.

I'd pick - my father would bring home about six newspapers. We had 10 in Boston at the time.

Books woke me up. Books are my favorite man-made objects. I fetishize their design, smell, feel. And that they can contain such burning, complex communications is a miracle to me.

Nowhere else can one find so miscellaneous, so various, an amount of knowledge as is contained in a good newspaper.

In the past, you'd have one magazine, it would arrive monthly, and that was your magazine. You'd devour it; you'd absorb all the knowledge in it; you'd read it over and over again.

It's interesting how powerful, in fact, the printed page still is.

Reading is a bridge to thought.

I am interested in the press and what they do.

Television is an important part of how we communicate.

I think that my main business is as a news person.

I read the Guardian when I can get it, but I have to admit I mostly turn to the sport.

I listen every day to the VOA.

There's not much point in getting any heavier... there's too many things to read and look at.

Journalism at its best and most effective is education. Apparently people would not learn for themselves, nor from others.

It wouldn't kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.

It's nice to see your name in print. It's interesting.