Chuck Klosterman Quotes About Journalism

Quotes about: Journalism

• The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writers main motivation is to become friends with the band. Theyre not really journalists; theyre people who want to be involved in rock and roll.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Motivation, Rock And Roll, Rocks

• I like storms. I would say I actively like stormy weather. I would not be afraid of them. I think that if I had not pursued journalism, I think storm-chasing would've been a really fun career.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Fun, Thinking, Weather

  "Chuck Klosterman's greatest fears". Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. October 27, 2009.

• I feel like a lot of people involved with celebrity journalism have interesting ideas about the people they want to write about going into the interview. Then as soon as they actually sit down with that person, they basically ask the questions they think journalists are supposed to ask, and they start viewing themselves almost as a peer of the subject. Like they're going to become friends. That's why most celebrity journalism is so terrible.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Writing, Thinking, Ideas

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. November 15, 2006.

• A lot of people involved with celebrity journalism have interesting ideas about the people they want to write about going into the interview. Then as soon as they actually sit down with that person, they basically ask the questions they think journalists are supposed to ask, and they start viewing themselves almost as a peer of the subject. Like they're going to become friends. That's why most celebrity journalism is so terrible.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Writing, Thinking, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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