Bob Schieffer Quotes
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In so many of the other beats these days, there are these layers of public relations people that you have to go through to get to the newsmakers themselves.
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I've had a lot of fun, and when I talk to kids in journalism schools, I say, look, I know what the journalism teachers tell you that this is a great way to perform public service and all that, but I say the main reason, if you decide what you want to do is be a reporter, the main reason you want to do it is because it's just so much fun.
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With Vietman, we found ourselves involved there before we really understood what was going on.
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We're far from perfect. It's a human enterprise.
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I used to be a print reporter.
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Any time you get into a presidential campaign and the stakes are so high, all candidates - they want to be in complete control whenever they can. And you can't blame them for that.
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But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make.
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I had - all my life, everybody who knew me thought that I would probably grow up to be a reporter, a newspaper reporter because we didn't have much television in those days.
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People are more sophisticated in the way they go about dealing with the press.
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And as a result, I guess I'm just kind of a rubberneck. I'm kind of a - someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don't think journalists are as important as the people they cover.
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And I came away from that experience, and it was a very difficult experience - I came to understand that you have to practice at being a good father and practice at being a good husband, just as you have to practice at being a good journalist.
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I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
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I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.
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American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.
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My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.
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Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened.
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I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not.
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If you get asked a really tough question and you give a really good answer, you come off looking really good.
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There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be.
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Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed.