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I don't think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.

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

You know, having raised animals all my life for 50-something years, I would say that you know, I'm fascinated by cats.

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.

If I was President of the United States, I'd rather be right than interesting. If I was CEO of a company, I'd rather be right than interesting. But I'm a journalist - what journalist would rather be right than interesting?

I think of us as journalists; the medium we work in is blogging.

I'm fascinated by journalism. I put a keen eye, not a negative eye, on its role, particularly how it is changed by the times we're living in.

For somebody who is a journalist, I can be awfully unobservant sometimes.

I always wanted to be a serious journalist.

I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information.