Barton Gellman Quotes

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

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

Anybody who's spent thirteen or fourteen years in print journalism has a lot of stories he thinks were inwardly satisfying as far as preparation, understanding, and diligence.

I think of myself as a journalist first and foremost.

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

As a journalist, the details always tell the story.

Great questions make great reporting.

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

I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.

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 wanted to be a journalist because I like to ask questions. And I like the idea that someone might feel responsible for answering them.

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

I love journalism.

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

Journalism is not writing.

I've been a journalist for too long to stop calling myself a journalist, and also when I'm doing 'Fake or Fortune?' I'm going through a rigorous investigation.

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

I'm in the reporting part of journalism.

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

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

The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.

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