“I'm not strong-willed enough or unkind enough... or maybe simply not wise enough to tell a journalist that a subject is out of bounds.” EnoughStrongWiseSubjectsBoundsJournalistUnkindStrong WilledNot Strong Author:James Nesbitt
“I know that obviously, that if you want to get the story, if you want to get close to somebody, if you want to find out what is really the truth or what's really interesting, you have to create a trust between these two things, between the journalist and the subject.” IfsKnowsWantTwoStoriesInterestingSubjectsJournalistTwo ThingsReally Interesting Author:Philip Seymour Hoffman
“Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.” SelfGrowsSubjectsStrangeDeceptionJournalistSelf Deception Book:Lying Source: Lying
“Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.” ArtistDifficultSubjectsTravelJournalistFunny TravelGreat TravelPhotography And Travel Author:W. H. Auden
“Every interview is as much an impression of the journalist as it is the artist or subject. You look at interviews and you see a portrait of two people. The worst thing that can happen is if you're misquoted and then that quote is misquoted. That does drive one crazy. The most embarrassing thing is when your words are misrepresented or sometimes you say something stupid and you live to regret it.” PeopleIfsLooksDoeTwoSometimesHappensArtistCrazyWorstSubjectsStupidRegretImpressionJournalistInterviewsPortraitsWorst ThingsEmbarrassing Author:Antony Hegarty
“The problem with reality TV is that creative writers are not involved; TV folks are, and some journalists who will only mine the surface of subjects. Hard work necessary for discovering and delineating the intimacies of the subjects they capture is mostly avoided.” HardProblemRealityCreativeSubjectsMinesTvsHard WorkInvolvedFolksSurfaceIntimacyJournalistCaptureDiscoveringAvoidedReality TvCreative Writers Author:Lee Gutkind
“I feel like a lot of people involved with celebrity journalism have interesting ideas about the people they want to write about going into the interview. Then as soon as they actually sit down with that person, they basically ask the questions they think journalists are supposed to ask, and they start viewing themselves almost as a peer of the subject. Like they're going to become friends. That's why most celebrity journalism is so terrible.” PeopleThinkingWantFeelsWritingPersonsIdeasAsksInterestingSubjectsInvolvedTerribleJournalismJournalistInterviewsPeersInteresting Ideas Author:Chuck Klosterman
“And it's a necessity [for journalists] to pretend to be competent on every subject, some of which they really do not understand. They are under that necessity, I regret; I'm sorry for them. But to pretend to understand all the things you write about, and habitually to write about things you do not understand, is a very corrupting thing.” WritingSubjectsRegretSorryJournalistI'm SorryCompetentI Regret Author:Friedrich August von Hayek