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- Nov 07, 2020
Columnist Quotes
Wit and reflection from the newspaper trade
These quotes capture the odd permanence of a newspaper column, comparing it to a lifetime appointment, alongside a memorably silly detail about a Pulitzer winner and a child's race-car bed. Readers who enjoy media commentary may also like our Book page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The wonderful thing about being a New York Times columnist is that it's like a Supreme Court appointment - they're stuck with you for a long time.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was one of 11. He was an attorney. My mother worked for the Syracuse newspaper as a columnist before she became a stay-at-home mother.
- Coffee
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- Nov 07, 2020
All coffee shops now have WiFi. Why bring a book when you could be wittily attacking some idiot columnist on Twitter, or responding to your date requests, or posting a picture of your foot? All of that is more gripping and immediate and social than books.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
A politician wouldn't dream of being allowed to call a columnist the things a columnist is allowed to call a politician.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that any reporter or columnist will be a little more careful when doing interviews with me.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always thought of myself as more of a columnist, but maybe a columnist who does reporting.
- Golf
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to be a columnist for 'Golf Monthly' and have contributed articles for national newspapers based on the humour that is in abundance in the game, which is more than can be said of tennis.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sally Jenkins of the 'Washington Post' is the best sports columnist in the country. Second best is Gene Wojciechowski of ESPN.com, and third is Dan Wetzel on Yahoo!
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's kind of hard to spend long hours trying to help people and then find out that the favorite game of the columnist is to sit back and second guess you and try to find something that you did wrong.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the differences between what happens when an author and a gossip columnist sit down to write a book is that the former tends to make every effort at disguising and protecting their sources, while the latter doesn't particularly care.
- Good Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of the qualities that you need to be a good opinion columnist tend to be qualities that aren't valued in women.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a columnist writes that something happened on a certain date, or that the government spent a certain amount of money on something, or that a specific number of people have died in the war in Iraq, to pick a few examples, it is his or her responsibility to make certain that information is correct.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020