Gwen Ifill Quotes

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

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

As a journalist, the details always tell the story.

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

The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.

I don't think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.

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

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

I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.

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

You have to go where the story is to report on it. As a journalist, you're essentially running to things that other people are running away from.

I've always loved shows like '48 Hours' and 'Dateline,' and I've always been passionate about getting to the truth, and journalism.

Whether it's long-form journalism or investigative journalism, it's no fun to just be the guy diagnosing the problem.

Journalism keeps you planted in the earth.

What I do for a living is ask questions.

I have been asking if I'm an activist or a journalist. And my answer is very simple. I'm just a journalist who asks questions.

I love journalism.

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

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

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

Journalism is not writing.

Great questions make great reporting.

As a print journalist, you can be frustrated by people who don't call you back, parts of the story you can't get. TV gets you access to everyone because people call you back. It also allows you to satisfy your curiosity. I am a very curious person.

And as a result, I guess I'm just kind of a rubberneck. I'm kind of a - someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don't think journalists are as important as the people they cover.

I don't think journalism changes. It's about digging into stories and telling them well. The basic tenets of great reporting stay the same while things around it change. Technology has made reporting easier, but it has also caused job loss. Social media has increased discussion around topics, but it has its own challenges at times.