Columnist Quotes

I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'

But as far as being popular, yeah, I think Dave Barry is really funny.

Try not to offend someone who writes a weekly column.

I always thought of myself as more of a columnist, but maybe a columnist who does reporting.

The great 'New York Times' columnist Dave Anderson famously slept one year in a child's race-car bed. There he was, Pulitzer Prize and all, snoring as his feet dangled over the rear tires of Lightning McQueen.

A lot of newspaper columns used to be written in a rat-a-tat-tat, fast-paced style - and they tended to be funny. They were a little relief from the grimmer, grayer parts of the newspaper, and one of the best people at doing this was Will Rogers.

For 30 years I wrote for newspapers and magazines, wrote books on the Dallas Cowboys' dynasties of the '70s and '90s, wrote about Michael Jordan in Chicago and Barry Bonds in the Bay Area, even wrote columns for ESPN.com from 2004 to 2006.

Having a wife who is a columnist, I occasionally have to wait for her so she can meet her deadline.

I write a column for The Village Voice, which I've done since time immemorial, and occasionally - and books. And I occasionally write minor notes for record albums and occasional articles.

I'm not a great Maureen Dowd fan, because I really find her poisonous, on the record.

I am delighted to be joining 'Guardian U.S.'s team as a weekly columnist, and to have the chance to address American and global current events on its distinguished platform. 'Guardian U.S.' brings the 'Guardian's hard-hitting investigative brand to a new focus on American news and opinion.

Donald Trump announced his no Muslims are allowed to come to the United States plan and that led to one of the greatest tweets of all time from New York Times columnist. Quote, "OK, I concede I picked the wrong day to modestly walk back my Trumpism as fascism column."

I hope to become the Dear Abby of fads.

I write a syndicated column for The Washington Post that goes to about 200, 250 papers.

The wonderful thing about being a New York Times columnist is that it's like a Supreme Court appointment - they're stuck with you for a long time.

For many years I was engaged in journalism, writing articles and chronicles for the daily press without ever joining the staff of any newspaper.

I love Caitlin Moran, because I feel like she's a friend, or a friend I want to have at least.

As the saying goes: "If you're not part of the solution, you're a newspaper columnist."

Here lies Walter Winchell in the dirt he loved so well.

A little irreverence is always important to being a columnist. I try to do that.

Lots of you know me as a lone, hard-bitten columnist, prone to lurking on deserted rocky promontories while searching for my muse.

I didn't work for any newspapers in college, never worked for any newspaper before 'The Washington Post'.

Teamwork is better than isolation, especially for a columnist.

As anyone who has read 'Sports Illustrated's Steve Rushin knows, it's quite possible to write an unreadable column without being a TV pundit. But if you want to be a consistently good columnist, you can't be on television.

What a fantastic honour to be given the opportunity to write a column in the first ever 'Sunday Sun.'