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I grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that way.

~Allan Sloan

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Teamwork is better than isolation, especially for a columnist.

~Allan Sloan

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I've spent my career trying to help people without connections understand what's going on so that they have a chance of getting a fair shake from the connected and the powerful.

~Allan Sloan

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People are treating the Stewart case as seriously as Enron when it's really over trivia.

~Allan Sloan

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If the government decides to put your life under a microscope, do you think it won't find something? I suspect there's not an adult in the country who would walk away totally unscathed if every aspect of his or her life were investigated the way Stewart's ImClone trading was.

~Allan Sloan

Topics: Adult Aspect Away Country Decide Every Find Government Her His Life Microscope Put Something Suspect Think Totally Trading Walk Way Were Who Would You Your

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The lesson that any thinking person draws from the Stewart saga is that when the government asks questions, run for your lawyer and don't say a word. Had Stewart kept her mouth shut, she'd be OK.

~Allan Sloan

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When I started writing a business column 15 years ago, I knew I'd found the perfect job for myself. As a columnist I could pick my own topic, do my own analysis, say what I wanted to say and attribute it to myself. Best of all, I could write in my own voice.

~Allan Sloan

Topics: Analysis Attribute Best Business Column Columnist Could Found Job Knew My Own Myself Own Perfect Pick Say Started Topic Voice Wanted Write Writing Years Years Ago

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The column's worked out great for me. I've gotten a ton of ego satisfaction, had a lot of fun, won a batch of prizes and occasionally done some public good.

~Allan Sloan

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Don't commit to being a columnist unless you're willing to do it right. Report your behind off, so you have something original and useful to say. Say it in a way that will interest someone other than you, your family and your sources.

~Allan Sloan

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I wanted to be a columnist so badly that I took a huge pay cut to leave Forbes, which wouldn't give me a column, and join Newsday, which wanted my column for its Sunday business section.

~Allan Sloan

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: Unknown

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