Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write. Karl Kraus
A journalist is stimulated by a deadline: he writes worse when he has time. Karl Kraus
Journalists say a thing they know isn’t true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true. Arnold Bennett
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. Mahatma Gandhi
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians. Henrik Ibsen
Reporters thrive on the world’s misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity. Russell Baker
I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all made what Dante calls the Great Refusal. The shallowest people on the ridge of the earth. William Butler Yeats
Is it against the law to kill a reporter? Bobby Fischer
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. Jim Bishop
My experience with journalists authorises me to record that a very large number of them are ignorant, lazy, opinionated, intellectually dishonest and inadequately supervised. Conrad Black