Robert Darnton quote

I worked for a brief spell as a journalist, but soon I discovered that I didn't want to be a journalist - I wanted to be a historian.
Robert Darnton
Robert Darnton
Robert Darnton
Born: May 10, 1939

Topics

Journalist, Spell, Soon, Discovered, Historian, Want, Wanted, Worked, Brief

Links

Cite this page: Citation

Related Authors

Carter G. Woodson, Daniel J. Boorstin, David McCullough, Henry Adams, James Truslow Adams, Robert Fogel, Tara Westover, Will Durant
The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History
The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History
on Amazon
Buy now

Quotes To Explore

When it comes to racism, discrimination, corruption, public lies, dictatorships, and human rights, you have to take a stand as a reporter because I think our responsibility as journalist is to confront those who are abusing power. Jorge Ramos
You Rights Corruption Racism Responsibility Power Journalist Human Rights Think Our Those Lies Take Abuse Because Discrimination Dictatorships Reporter Human Public Confront Stand Who
A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism. Walter Cronkite
Politics Good Try Journalist Our Unbiased Journalism Most Sure Covering Reporting Us Aware Fundamentals Necessity
Everyone with a cell phone thinks they're a photographer. Everyone with a laptop thinks they're a journalist. But they have no training, and they have no idea of what we keep to in terms of standards, as in what's far out and what's reality. And they have no dedication to truth. Helen Thomas
Truth Cell Phone Reality Training Phone Journalist Dedication Everyone Out Photographer No Idea Idea Terms Cell Far Standards Laptop Keep Thinks
Creative non-fiction is such a liberating genre because it allows the non-fiction writer, whether he or she be journalist or essayist, to use all of the techniques of the fiction writer and all of the ideas, creative approaches, that fiction writers get a chance to use, but they have to use it in a true story. Lee Gutkind
Creative Journalist Approaches Liberating Writer Writers He He Or She True Ideas She Genre Non-Fiction Because True Story Get Essayist Fiction Fiction Writer Fiction Writers Story Whether Use Techniques Chance
I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information. Christopher Hitchens
Journalist Press Rely Partly Became Information Ever
I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world. Henry R. Luce
Heart World Journalist Possible Come Became Close
I'm not searching for hard news; I'm not a journalist, but I'm interested in pushing to boundaries of where we can do the kind of stories that we want to do. I mean, it's a big world and CNN has made it a lot bigger and they haven't flinched. Anthony Bourdain
News World Made Journalist Big Kind Pushing Boundaries Lot Where Want Stories Bigger Interested Mean Hard Searching
Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is the product of a journalist. We need works that are strong, straight, precise, and forever beyond understanding. Kenneth Tynan
Work Art Strong Journalist Understanding Comprehensible Beyond Himself Makes Private Private Thing Forever Precise Artist Straight Product Works Thing Need
Journalism, as concerns collecting information, differs little if at all from intelligence work. In my judgment, a journalist's job is very interesting. Vladimir Putin
Work Intelligence Job Journalist Judgment Collecting Journalism Concerns Very Information Interesting Little Differs
The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers. Bill Keller
Journalist More He Always Answers Questions Than Curse

More quotes?

Try another of these similiar topics.

About
Site pages
Top Quotes
Authors
Today's birthdays
Copyright © Quotesia 2024