I'm not a politician; I'm a journalist.
[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history.
Six years ago, I looked at a picture of the world's greatest newspaper men. I felt like a kid in front of a candy store. Well, tonight, six years later, I got my candy - all of it. Welcome, gentlemen, to the Inquirer! Make up an extra copy of that picture and send it to the Chronicle
Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.
That's why we have journalists, for stats.
I believe that those of us who are the producers and purveyors of television, I believe that we are the servants of this nation.
Washington newspaper men know everything.
We in the media are just people with all of people's faults.
I don't watch an awful lot of television. It's a very strange thing, and I don't know a lot of people who work in telly who watch a lot of it.
Those of us that had been up all night were in no mood for coffee and donuts, we wanted strong drink. We were, after all, the cream of the national sporting press.
Television reporters aren't really called reporters. They are called researchers. And that's really all they are.
I know of no more patriotic group than television journalists.
I've worked with Ed Bradley, Dan Rather and lots of different local news anchors.
In broadcasting, there's a lot of longevity offered to people like Griff Rhys Jones and Stephen Fry, who are polymaths more than comics. We're comics first and foremost.
I'm a TV man, not a money man.
TV directors just aren't sexy for some reason, Although, you know, Rob and Kim [Manners] are very sexy in my eyes.
The difference between a reporter, a newspaper columnist, a paid speaker, a television personality, a radio talk show host, a blogger, a movie producer, a publicist, and a political strategist, is growing less - and not more - distinct.
I'm just saying if you want to reach large audiences, then rely on professionals, meaning people who are in the industry and are trained for it, rather than just idiot savants.
I don't hate journalists. You can't hate a class of people. It's wrong to say that. But I do think they're a bit like poison. Never trust them. You can't trust them as a class of people. It's their job not to be trusted.
I love working with people who have had television experience because I think there's a real efficiency and methodology that comes from that background.
Newspaper men, perhaps more than any other class, are rated by ability.
Journalists are often portrayed as cynical. I often think it's the opposite.
I know and have worked alongside some of the designers, developers, and editors at Vox Media; you'd be proud to work with any of them.
Journalists always want publishers or editors to leave. They're creative troublemakers - that's why you hire them.
My grandfather used to own a production company called Everlasting Pictures. I grew up with a lot of artistas and reporters and I'd always be starstruck.
