I believe in the truth of fairy-tales more than I believe in the truth in the newspaper.
Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe. . . . Every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
Jeff Bezos is opening a retail store and owns a newspaper. Turns out everything we thought about the Internet is wrong.
The media wants a nice guy, so I can give that to them. I figured I could be myself in this interview since no one's gonna read this JV newspaper.
We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused - in place of the verbose, the detailed, the voluminous, the inaccessible. On the other hand, the lightness of the artillery should not degenerate into pop-gunnery - by which term we may designate the character of the greater portion of the newspaper press - their sole legitimate object being the discussion of ephemeral matters in an ephemeral manner.
I am fascinated by all the new technology that creates places for us to meet in what is called cyberspace. I understand what it must have meant for the rebellions in the 19th century, especially in 1830 and 1848, when the mass circulated newspaper became so important for the spreading of information.
No matter what the legislature may say, a man has the right to make his speech, print his handbill, compose his newspaper, and deliver his sermon without asking anyone's permission. The contrary suggestion is abhorrent to our traditions.
I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.
Instead, we were given a publication called the Weekly Reader, which was like a newspaper for four-foot illiterates.
In the first night of the Arvon Foundation course, Elspeth Barker said something about the newspaper along the lines of - and I'm paraphrasing - "I do these pieces for them and it's amazing, because I don't type it out, I just fax it as it is, and the literary editor has a machine that can transform my handwriting into typed text. " At which point I put my hand up and said, "Actually, I'm that machine. "
The Washington Post was interesting because it's such a politically minded newspaper.
The first time I showed the tattoo it was big news in the newspaper. 'She has a tattoo with a snake. ' It's not a snake!
Our good time is sitting in a coffee shop with a newspaper, writing a line on the back of a napkin. That is the most fun comedians ever have
When I need to take a side, I write a newspaper article and I tell my government, "You should not do that, you should do this. " They don't listen to me, but I've been doing this for sixty years now. But, when I write a novel, I am not in that business.
I read the newspaper.
If you own the only newspaper in town, up until the last five years or so, you have pricing power and you didn't have to go to the office.
In contemporary society, advertising is everywhere. We cannot walk down the street, shop, watch television, go through our mail, log on to the Internet, read a newspaper or take a train without encountering it. Whether we are alone, with our friends or family, or in a crowd, advertising is always with us, if only on the label of something we are using.
The newspaper is a lecture. The Web is a conversation.
It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.
I would rather exercise than read a newspaper.