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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.

I realise that, strutting around in power corridors for political coverage, a journalist becomes half a politician.

Having been a journalist for almost 20 years and then becoming a politician has definitely been an interesting and enriching experience for me.

The fact is, most journalists I know are not particularly political. They move around a lot.

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

The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside of the government.

I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.

There aren't enough good journalists. There are too many who really weren't groomed to be reporters and, as a result, some of the reporting is shallow.

I think politicians who suggest they are uninterested in the support of newspapers are not being straight with people.