Matt Ridley Quotes

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

I've basically worked as a journalist and a writer.

I think of myself as a journalist first and foremost.

I think part of the reason anyone goes into journalism is to get a response to what they write.

Great questions make great reporting.

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers.

I could learn how to press 'Record' on a tape recorder and write for a newspaper or a magazine.

I'm not a big fan of journalism schools, except those that are organized around a liberal arts education. Have an understanding of history, economics and political science - and then learn to write.

I expected to go into journalism or law.

I've never wanted to do anything but be a newspaperman ever since I was 13.

I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.

I feel like, in some ways, I'm just a journalist.

It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.

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

I knew I was going to be a journalist when I was eight years old and I saw the printing presses rolling at the Sydney newspaper where my dad worked as a proofreader.

Ultimately if you're a journalist, one day you're writing about figure skating, one day a political debate. I loved that about reporting. I like throwing my energies into various corners of the world.

I used to be a journalist.

I think there's always satisfaction that comes from digging in and telling a story and being on the front line and writing about it. I think there's a venue available if you look. Even print journalism is in good shape in areas.

When I got a little older, I started writing for the high school newspaper, 'The Maroon Wave,' and that's when I fell in love with journalism.

My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do is quite difficult enough, thank you.

I'm a journalist - I'm not Robert Caro. I have a day job, and a pretty consuming one - a joyfully consuming one.

Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'

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

Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.

I don't have a college degree. I started working at 19 on a tiny newspaper. I've covered everything from weddings to crime to criminal weddings.