Irv Kupcinet Quotes

I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.

I always wanted to be part of the media. I knew I wanted to work as a journalist.

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

I wanted no other job than to work in newspapers. I was fascinated by the process of collecting information, talking to people and having the story appear in a paper that would be delivered in your letterbox.

My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever since I was in college.

I had discovered journalism to be my life's ambition.

I wrote to the local news guy when I was 12 years old. I said, 'What do I need to do to be you one day?'

I grew up with 'The Denver Post' and the 'Golden Transcript.' There was never a moment that I thought I'd work at the 'New York Times.' My goal, starting out, was just to see if I could be a journalist.

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.

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a reporter. I don't know where I got the idea that it was a romantic calling.

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.

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

I wanted to be a journalist for a long time.

I am not one of the great journalists of my time.

I remember everyone in high school thought I should be a journalist because I looked like Connie Chung.

I'm a writer. I've been a journalist for my whole adult life.

I've always thought of myself as a journalist; that was what I did.

I was brought up in a publishing home, a newspaper man's home, and was excited by that, I suppose. I saw that life at close range and, after the age of ten or twelve, never really considered any other.

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

I think of myself as a journalist first and foremost.

I wanted to be a journalist so the character of a TV news person in 'Run Baby Run' was really interesting.

I studied journalism, though I never really became a scribe.

I was the editor of the 'News of the World;' I was the editor of the 'Sun' and chief executive.

That's a paradox I've noticed, too: The news business held little romance for me, yet writing about it somehow stirred my affections.

A career in journalism suddenly lost its appeal.