This is not a book. This is libel, slander, defamation of character. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty
HENRY MILLER

In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right
ELLEN GOODMAN
(Former Boston Globe editor)

The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw of character
LYNDON B JOHNSON

Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the shits into law
AUBERON WAUGH

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good
STEPHEN FRY

Some old literary hack, hard-working and talented, will wear away the doorstep of the publishers' offices for thirty-three years, cover reams of paper, be had up for libel twenty times, and yet not step beyond his ant-heap.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Newspapermen learn to call a murderer "an alleged murderer" and the King of England "the alleged King of England" to avoid libel suits
STEPHEN LEACOCK

Journalism largely consists of saying 'Lord Jones is Dead' to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.
G K CHESTERTON

Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence
KINGSLEY AMIS

Journalists are like whores; as high as their ideals may be, they still have to resort to tricks to make money
PIERCE THORNE

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel
JAMES THURBER

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not read
OSCAR WILDE

For better or for worse, our company (News Corporation) is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values.
RUPERT MURDOCH

The last time I saw Robert Maxwell, he seemed quite buoyant
IAN HISLOP (Private Eye editor)