“Journalism is the closest thing I have to a religion, because I believe deeply in the role and responsibility the journalists have to the people of a self-governing community.” PeopleBelieveSelfI BelieveCommunityResponsibilityRolesJournalismJournalistClosestGoverningRoles And Responsibilities Author:Bill Kovach
“When I was very little, say five or six, I became aware of the fact that people wrote books. Before that, I thought that God wrote books. I thought a book was a manifestation of nature, like a tree. When my mother explained it, I kept after her: What are you saying? What do you mean? I couldn't believe it. It was astonishing. It was like--here's the man who makes all the trees. Then I wanted to be a writer, because, I suppose, it seemed the closest thing to being God.” PeopleMenBelieveMeanLittlesBookFactsWantedMotherFiveTreeHe ManSixManifestationClosestAstonishing Author:Fran Lebowitz
“An illustrator in my own mind - and this is not a truth of any kind - is someone who so falls in love with writing that he wishes he had written it, and the closest he can get to is illustrating it. And the next thing you learn, you have to find something unique in this book, which perhaps even the author was not entirely aware of. And that's what you hold on to, and that's what you add to the pictures: a whole Other Story that you believe in, that you think is there.” ThinkingWritingMindBelieveKindBookWholeStoriesFallNextWishMy OwnWrittenUniqueAddFalling In LoveClosestIllustratorsIllustrating Author:Maurice Sendak