Andrea Mitchell Quotes

Being a journalist seemed the ideal way of both having a job and experiencing the world, especially for anyone with a sense of adventure.

Journalism, to me, is just another drug - a free ride to scenes I'd probably miss if I stayed straight.

Journalism is just the art of capturing behavior.

The truth is, "What is a journalist?" is one of those questions for which there is no proper answer. The prehistory of modern journalism shows it has been a ragged and confusing trade all the way through.

Journalism combines adventure with culture.

No reporter of my generation, whatever his genius, ever really rated spats and a walking stick until he had covered both a lynching and a revolution.

I have so much more compassion for journalists and the work that they have to do, in order to do the jobs that they have to do. I am much more in awe of and am celebratory of great journalism when I see it, and I'm much more critical of bad journalism, or crap masquerading as journalism.

Working as a journalist is exactly like being a wallflower at an orgy.

I believe journalism is coming to be regarded as quite a respectable occupation for gentlemen nowadays.

[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history.

Journalism is one set of tools - one toolkit I have. One vocabulary, one lens.

Journalism is not a precise science, it's a crude art

I am not a new journalist, whatever that is. I just sit here at the typewriter and bang away at the old forms.

Journalists are interesting. They just aren't as interesting as the things they cover.

I think there are a lot of great journalists out there. I don't find much fault in the journalist in general; I think everybody would like to break a good story.

American journalism (like the journalism of any other country) is predominantly paltry and worthless. Its pretensions are enormous, but its achievements are insignificant.

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

I'm a journalist and that's what I do.

The media does play a vital role in our democracy, and if we cannot depend on journalistic ethics, the nation's in trouble.

Art is art, and journalism is journalism.

I'm in the business, as a journalist, of asking tough questions.

Television's very dependent on images. That's not what news is.

There are certain stories that remind you of the moral purpose that originally drew you to become a reporter.

My job is to cover the news and do it accurately and fair. And we do.

When I'm in studio, we cover the news. But no one says the news has to be boring.