Joe Sacco Quotes

Great questions make great reporting.

I love researching, I love interviewing.

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers.

Reporters have to use their imagination, really put themselves in the shoes of the person they want to interview.

The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second, is to find out who will tell you.

People often talk about parachute journalism, but one of the skills that you get when you are a correspondent is the ability to look at facts fast and work out what the story is.

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

Documentary people have to know that, particularly nowadays, they have to be on a mission. And part of the mission is to - is to be like good journalists: search for the truth, have an open mind, listen to as much as you can of different sides of things.

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

I thought journalism would enable me to be a mile wide and an inch deep.

At the end of the day, there is still one function of journalism that cannot be computerized, and that is reporters. You're always going to need reporters.

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.

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

I'm not an advocacy journalist - that's not what I do. My role in journalism is to be able to engage the most interesting people with the best ideas.

There are a lot of really good skills you get from doing journalism - it completely changed my world and how I interact with other people.

Report, report, report. Dig, dig, dig. Think, think, think. Don't stop being a reporter because you've become a columnist.

Not everyone realises that to write a really good piece of journalism is at least as demanding intellectually as the achievement of any scholar.

As a journalist, I interviewed people, and you begin to feel different rhythms in speech, and you can use those things to help carve out a character.

If you wanna write non-fiction you have to be interested in the world.

It took me years to realize I wanted to be in journalism.

I have found where I am best, and that is being a fact-checker and being fearless.

Reporting in general makes me pretty nervous. But I realized: all the amazing work experiences of my life were thanks to reporting. So that forces you to go do it.

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

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

I'll never be rude to another news person. It's a tough job, a thankless job. You really have to get out there and grovel to get your story.