Quotes by Columnists Don't commit to being a columnist unless you're willing to do it right. Report your behind off, so you have something original and useful to say. Say it in a way that will interest someone other than you, your family and your sources. Allan Sloan columnistssourceway Teamwork is better than isolation, especially for a columnist. Allan Sloan columnistsisolationteamwork Report, report, report. Dig, dig, dig. Think, think, think. Don't stop being a reporter because you've become a columnist. Allan Sloan reporterscolumniststhinking I don't have to work extra hard, but that's because there are a lot of women in my professional network and I have hired a lot of women as full-time writers and part-time columnists. Ann Friedman columnistspart-timeextras Lots of you know me as a lone, hard-bitten columnist, prone to lurking on deserted rocky promontories while searching for my muse. Cynthia Heimel lonecolumnistsmuse Political columnists and sports pundits are rewarded for being overconfident. Daniel Kahneman columnistspoliticalsports The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners. Gloria Swanson columnistsgossipconcerned Until you go to Kentucky and with your own eyes behold the Derby, you ain't never been nowhere and you ain't seen nothin'! Irvin S. Cobb columnistskentuckyeye It is the gossip columnist's business to write about what is none of his business. Louis Kronenberger columnistsgossipwriting A politician wouldn't dream of being allowed to call a columnist the things a columnist is allowed to call a politician Max Lerner columnistspoliticiandream I know it's cheaper to fund an op-ed columnist than a team of reporters, but I think it confuses the mission of what these great journalistic brands are about. Nate Silver columniststeamthinking Leonard Pitts, Jr. is the most insightful and inspiring columnist of his generation. Tavis Smiley columnistsgenerationsinsightful Our most noted satirists are true columnists and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented exposé. Umberto Eco columnistswellsopinion Do not be taken in by 'insiderisms.' Fledgling columnists, eager to impress readers with their grasp of journalistic jargon, are drawn to such arcane spellings as 'lede.' Where they lede, do not follow. William Safire jargoncolumniststaken
