Bob Schieffer

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. ”

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community. ”

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. ”

But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make. ”

If you get asked a really tough question and you give a really good answer, you come off looking really good. ”

I want to try to talk like normal people talk, not just stand there and bark at the camera. ”

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. ”

I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not. ”

Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened. ”

With Vietman, we found ourselves involved there before we really understood what was going on. ”