Margaret Haddix Quotes

The one thing a lifetime in the newspaper business teaches you is pace - you spend all your time trying to make sure that the reader's going to finish what you're writing.

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

I was the editor of the 'News of the World;' I was the editor of the 'Sun' and chief executive.

I could learn how to press 'Record' on a tape recorder and write for a newspaper or a magazine.

I started as a print reporter.

In fact, I spent 25 years as a reporter, swearing I would never become an editor. Sitting at a desk, watching other people go out and find the story, and then fussing with other people's words - I just didn't get the appeal of that.

I wanted no other job than to work in newspapers. I was fascinated by the process of collecting information, talking to people and having the story appear in a paper that would be delivered in your letterbox.

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

When you do a piece of journalism, you may have to cut away 95 percent of what you are experiencing.

What could I have possibly learned except the really most important thing, which is that I did not want to work at the 'New York Times'? Beyond that, I learned how a newspaper works.

Anybody who's spent thirteen or fourteen years in print journalism has a lot of stories he thinks were inwardly satisfying as far as preparation, understanding, and diligence.

I was brought up in a publishing home, a newspaper man's home, and was excited by that, I suppose. I saw that life at close range and, after the age of ten or twelve, never really considered any other.

I write and teach creative nonfiction. I was a reporter.

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

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

I always wanted to have a career in print and as a broadcaster.

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

As a journalist, the details always tell the story.

I'm in the reporting part of journalism.

I began learning the sportswriting business very early in life.

I write articles, and I do profiles of members of organizations and associations.

My father was a journalist.

I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.

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

When you're in the news business, you always expect the unexpected.