Dorinel Quotes & Sayings

A book, I was taught long ago in English class, is a living and breathing document that grows richer with each new reading. — Malcolm Gladwell

It's good for a writer to come from journalism because it gives you the tools. A journalist knows that he or she can lose the reader in six lines, so try to keep the attention of the reader. Also, you learn to research, and to conduct an interview - to extract from the person whatever you need from that person. — Isabel Allende

I had a girls' writing retreat at my condo and a bunch of other female writers came down. Me and two other writers got there before everyone and they pitched this idea to me. At first I wasn't sure what direction it was going in, but then once they kind of explained to me what they were thinking, we wrote it. — Jamie Lynn Spears

Anyone who looks for life can find it ... and they don't need to photograph ashcans. The average camera fan reminds me of Pollyanna, with a lollypop in one hand and a camera in the other. You can't be a Nice Nelly and take news pictures. — Weegee

Everyone takes the picture of the kid with the birthday cake on his face," he said once. "Wait for the unexpected. That's the magic. — Corrine Jackson

Quacks pretend to cure other men's disorders, but fail to find a remedy for their own. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

For God's Sake be sure you do not risk the cannon. — John Churchill, 1st Duke Of Marlborough

My role, or anyone's role in network news, is to make the person on camera look good. You don't do that, you don't work there. — Lowell Bergman