Journalist Quotes

Newsroom honesty, one byline at a time.

These journalist quotes capture the messier side of the trade, writers admitting they feel more like poets than reporters, or confessing they were never cut out for crime beats. It is a candid look at Being a working journalist rather than the glossy version.

I'm not a journalist; I'm a poet.

Quotes by Werner Herzog

I am not insecure about being a journalist.

Quotes by Tucker Carlson

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I'm a writer. I've been a journalist for my whole adult life.

Quotes by Stephen J. Dubner

I started working as a journalist under Bush, then Clinton, then Bush, then Obama.

Quotes by Sharyl Attkisson

I'm a recovering journalist, I should say.

Quotes by Roger Ross Williams

I worked for a brief spell as a journalist, but soon I discovered that I didn't want to be a journalist - I wanted to be a historian.

Quotes by Robert Darnton

To a journalist, good news is often not news at all.

Quotes by Phil Donahue

I've been a financial journalist for 30 years.

Quotes by Peter Brimelow

I couldn't have been the novelist I was without being the journalist I was.

Quotes by Pete Hamill

I am a journalist.

Quotes by Patricia Cornwell

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

Quotes by Otto von Bismarck

I'm a journalist. I've been a journalist ever since I was 18.

Quotes by Margarita Simonyan

I have a great spouse, Andrew Cockburn, who's also a journalist.

Quotes by Leslie Cockburn

I've basically worked as a journalist and a writer.

Quotes by Laura Moser

I'm not an investigative journalist; I don't track crime or police blotters.

Quotes by Kathryn Harrison

I'm a lousy journalist.

Quotes by Judith Rossner

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

Quotes by Jim Lehrer

I'm not rational enough to be a good journalist.

Quotes by Jim Harrison

I stopped being an engaged journalist and became a disengaged novelist.

Quotes by Jim Crace

I always wanted to be a serious journalist.

Quotes by Jeannette Walls

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Some voices here shrug off the job entirely, calling themselves lousy at it, while others insist insecurity never touched them. Pair these with Am quotes for more first-person reflections on craft and calling.