Good stories flow like honey. Bad stories stick in the craw. A bad story? One that cannot be absorbed on the first time of reading. Arthur Christiansen More Quotes by Arthur Christiansen More Quotes From Arthur Christiansen It was my job to interest them in everything that was happening, to make the arrival of the Daily Express each morning an event, to show them the world outside Bolton and Bacup, to give them courage and confidence to overcome the drabness of their lives. Arthur Christiansen morning jobs giving No matter how many media for the dissemination of news are created, there is one rule that should never be broken:TELLTHE PEOPLE! Arthur Christiansen media broken people Good stories flow like honey but bad stories stick in the craw [gullet]. What is a bad story? It's a story that cannot be absorbed in the first time of reading. It's a story that leaves questions unanswered. Arthur Christiansen reading stories honey News, news, news - that is what we want. You cannot beat news in a newspaper. Arthur Christiansen beats news want Whenever possible print a woman's age. Arthur Christiansen print age The people who lived behind those clean lace curtains in row after row of identical boxes were newspaper readers, and every word in at any rate my newspaper must be clear and comprehensible to them, must be interesting to them, must encourage them to break away from littleness, stimulate their ambition, help them to want to build a better land. Arthur Christiansen land ambition people Remember the people in the back streets of Derby. Arthur Christiansen streets remember people Show me a contented newspaper editor and I will show you a bad newspaper. Arthur Christiansen show-me editors newspapers My approach to newspapers was based on the idea that when you looked at the front page you said: 'Good heavens', when you looked at the middle page you said: 'Holy smoke', and by the time you got to the back pagewell, I'd have to utter a profanity to show how exciting it was. Arthur Christiansen pages heaven ideas We never waste space saying, 'On the one hand.' We just state an opinion in a Godlike voice. Arthur Christiansen never opinion voice space
