David Berman Quotes

Part of politics is redundancy. You’ve got to say the same thing over and over even if you get tired of it…not everyone has heard it.

It wasn't until my fifth or sixth book where I realized I'm trying to do the same thing in every story I tell, which is bring everybody together in the same room.

We may be willing to tell a story twice, never to hear it more than once.

I'm trying to be very aware of not repeating myself.

I think as a kid I always liked to listen to people. I loved hearing stories.

In rowing, you're always striving for that perfect stroke, that repetition, each one being as good as the last. Same thing with cooking. You can't say, 'Oh, I don't feel well, so I'm going to put out a crappy plate.'

Life would be much easier if I just wrote the same book over and over again. But I'm not interested in doing that.

Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?

I used to have the same lunch every day, for 20 years, I guess, the same thing over and over again.

I think you can't repeat beats. If you're doing something in one book, you can't do the exact same thing in another book.

We want to say the same thing. The press wants something different. The people who are successful in our end of the business are those who find different ways of saying the same thing.

It is good to preach the same thing again, for that's the way to have it learned

I think, at the end of the day, when you hear the same voice all the time, it goes in one ear and out the other when you're a player.

How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?

As a reporter, you develop an ear for dialogue because it's your job to capture it accurately.

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.

The most profound lessons about journalism I've learned have been taught to me by the people I've covered.

Success doesn't happen quickly. It happens from doing the same thing over and over, becoming great at it, and delivering great value to consumers.

I'm basically a creature of habit - I do practically the same thing every week, every day of every week: I go to the office, I meet people, I write, I read, and, of course, I give lectures.

You don't want to write the same story again, but people are like 'We want the same story but different.' Well, how do you do that?

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

I love being an anchor, as it gives you a chance to be yourself.

When I look at my catalog, most of my songs are about love or relationships. And I'm smart enough to say if it's not broken, don't fix it.

Being able to tell people's stories - this is the most exciting job in the world to me.

I ended up switching over to journalism in college. A few weeks into freshman year, I realized that business school wasn't for me. And writing stories and reading and talking to people is something that I just enjoy doing, so I figured why not try to build up a post-basketball career with that.