David Talbot Quotes

I love journalism.

Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.

The big moment for me was making 'All the President's Men'. It was not about Watergate or President Nixon. I wanted to focus on something I thought not many people knew about: How do journalists get the story?

I just don't understand why people decide to be journalists if they're not willing to investigate hard-hitting news stories.

I've had a lot of fun, and when I talk to kids in journalism schools, I say, look, I know what the journalism teachers tell you that this is a great way to perform public service and all that, but I say the main reason, if you decide what you want to do is be a reporter, the main reason you want to do it is because it's just so much fun.

I always wanted to be a serious journalist.

Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world.

Journalism seems to have recovered its reason for being.

I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising.

I think that having a job in journalism, despite all of the changes, is still a fantastic way to be - make a living observing your society and having a chance to use your voice.

Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.

Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pygmy hatreds.

I want to be a journalist; I want to ask tough questions.

I'm a journalist. I've been a journalist ever since I was 18.

I'm a reasonably accomplished journalist. I've worked as an investigative journalist, I've done crime beat stuff.

Journalism is not writing.

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

A career in journalism suddenly lost its appeal.

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.

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a profession.

We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.

Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist's job is very interesting.

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

When you're in the news business, you always expect the unexpected.

Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while you're at it.