Charlie Brooker Quotes

It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.

Journalism is in fact history on the run.

Traditionally, what we in the news business do is cover what happened yesterday.

I'm a reporter - if I don't interview someone, I don't have much to say, and I definitely can't just sit down and knock out 800 words on any subject you give me.

I'm still a news junkie. I mean, I always was, I am now.

If there is anything good to be said about my particular line of work, it's that we get to tell people the news they need to hear, and to put it in context. To get to that - for one hour every night on the 'PBS NewsHour,' and for an additional half-hour every Friday night on 'Washington Week,' we have to slog through a lot of tough stuff.

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

I've always read the papers but didn't feel I knew enough in the past. But doing the research and looking at newspapers and online websites gives you a 360-degree view of the news.

I am a news junkie and I can't remember a time when I haven't read a paper or even when I am abroad, watched the news on a TV or your phone.

I've always loved news. I've always loved storytelling and being where the scene is.

'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day.

I had an idea in the beginning to do a book about some of the events that I had covered, just various stories that I've covered. Reporters spend a lot of time telling each other tales about how they covered stories, and that's what this book started out to be.

To me, involvement with news is absolutely inebriating. It's what makes my life exciting.

My mother was married to one of the greatest newsmen of all times. CNN was built out of his idealism and his recognition that, in a global age, we needed greater understanding of the world around us.

News is the backbone of our network; the main commodity and the main successes of Al Jazeera came out of our involvement in covering the news in the Middle East.

I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.

I am thrilled to share the news that Andrew Sullivan is bringing his trailblazing journalism to 'The Daily Beast.'

I read the 'New York Times,' 'USA Today,' the 'Union-Tribune,' then go online to Drudge, CNN, Fox News, blogs.

I am, and remain, passionate about news.

I come from a newspaper background, so maybe I'm attuned to current events.

We're news junkies in my house.

My stuff always starts with interviews. I start interviewing people, and then slowly but surely, a movie insinuates itself.

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

One thing that happens on the 'Newsroom' is that every time a real story does get incorporated into the show, there's always an angle that's provided that hasn't really been dealt with yet.

I love covering stories that have huge historic impacts.