Anderson Silva Quotes

I'm a journalist; I love doing interviews, and I hope that will continue.

The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.

I'm in the business, as a journalist, of asking tough questions.

I wanted to be a journalist because I like to ask questions. And I like the idea that someone might feel responsible for answering them.

I'm a reporter by nature, I want to know everything.

Obviously I love doing newsmaker interviews, and if I can contribute in any way to that, I would love to. I love reporting, getting out in the field and talking to people about various issues.

I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then it's already been covered by the media, and if it's not good enough, why would I want to bother with it?

Great questions make great reporting.

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.

We're journalists, so our default position is we're not writing editorial. We're trying to bring information to readers, viewers, so that they can make up their own conclusions.

As a print journalist, you can be frustrated by people who don't call you back, parts of the story you can't get. TV gets you access to everyone because people call you back. It also allows you to satisfy your curiosity. I am a very curious person.

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.

We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.

Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist's job is very interesting.

I want to be a Kid Reporter because I would like to meet interesting people, and I also love being in front of the camera! As a Kid Reporter, I would love to learn how to be a better writer and interview people.

Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining.

Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist.

I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.

As journalists, we keep pushing and pushing.

I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.

The big moment for me was making 'All the President's Men'. It was not about Watergate or President Nixon. I wanted to focus on something I thought not many people knew about: How do journalists get the story?

Journalism is in fact history on the run.

If you're a journalist - and I think, on some level, I'm a journalist, and proud to be a journalist, or a documentarian, however you want to describe it - part of what I do has to be the pursuit of the truth.