Bob Greene Quotes

As a journalist, the details always tell the story.

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

I work like every journalist works so I have recordings, I have notes.

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.

I feel like, in some ways, I'm just a journalist.

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a reporter. I don't know where I got the idea that it was a romantic calling.

I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.

My best stories come from well-placed sources who point me in the right direction.

I love writing traditional magazine pieces, and especially their breadth of reporting and the deliberateness of the writing.

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

Report, report, report. Dig, dig, dig. Think, think, think. Don't stop being a reporter because you've become a columnist.

I was not very good at newspaper reporting. I'm just not quick enough, and I always tend to tell things as stories.

My job as a reporter is not to know what I think.

The most profound lessons about journalism I've learned have been taught to me by the people I've covered.

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

I love collections. I got into journalism with the idea that I'd be doing them.

The reporting has always been what drives me.

A big part of reporting is just being present. You have to show up ten days in a row to get the one telling detail.

I guess because I'm a washed-up journalist, I always do a lot of research.

Great questions make great reporting.

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

I started as a print reporter.

The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story.

I think journalism is useful training for a writer in the way it takes the preciousness out of the pragmatic side of the craft.