Category: Journalism

A WRITER'S WIT: BARBARA WALTERS

9/25/2025

The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it’s also full of fourth-rate readers.
Barbara Walters
Co-Author of How to Talk with Practically Anybody About Practically Anything
Born September 25, 1929

B. Walters

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A WRITER'S WIT: DAVID SHIELDS

7/22/2025

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We're completely confused about the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction. To me, the moment you compose, you're fictionalizing; the moment you remember, you're dreaming. It's ludicrous that we have to pretend that nonfiction has to be real in some absolute sense.
David Shields
Author of Reality Hunger
Born July 22, 1956

D. Shields

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A WRITER'S WIT: RONAN FARROW

12/19/2024

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It's incumbent on good public servants to maintain their voices and originality of thinking.
Ronan Farrow
American Journalist
Born December 19, 1987

R. Farrow

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A WRITER'S WIT: BARBARA AMIEL

12/4/2024

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In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system.
Barbara Amiel, Canadian Journalist
Author of Friends and Enemies: A Memoir
Born December 4, 1940

B. Amiel

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A WRITER'S WIT: MARIA RESSA

10/2/2024

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If you want to rip the heart out of a democracy, you go after the facts. That's what modern authoritarians do. You lie. All the time. Then, you say it's your opponents and the journalists who lie.
Maria Ressa, American & Filipino Journalist
Author of How to Stand Up to a Dictator
Born October 2, 1963

M. Ressa

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A WRITER'S WIT: MARIA BARTIROMO

9/11/2024

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Some studies show that women can be better money managers than men because they tend to be more conservative and do their homework. Men tend to take more risks without the research.
Maria Bartiromo, Journalist
Born September 11, 1967

M. Bartiromo

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A WRITER'S WIT: BARBARA WALTERS

A WRITER'S WIT: DAVID SHIELDS

A WRITER'S WIT: RONAN FARROW

A WRITER'S WIT: BARBARA AMIEL

A WRITER'S WIT: MARIA RESSA

A WRITER'S WIT: MARIA BARTIROMO

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