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

~Bob Schieffer

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Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.

~Bob Schieffer

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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.

~Bob Schieffer

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Well, you know, in any political campaign, you're gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it'll hurt the guy on the other side.

~Bob Schieffer

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But the reporter has the responsibility to determine, number one, whether that is true, and number two, to make a judgment as to whether it's in the public interest and whether or not it should be part of the debate.

~Bob Schieffer

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They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.

~Bob Schieffer

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

~Bob Schieffer

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I had an idea in the beginning to do a book about some of the events that I had covered, just various stories that I've covered. Reporters spend a lot of time telling each other tales about how they covered stories, and that's what this book started out to be.

~Bob Schieffer

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And as a result, I guess I'm just kind of a rubberneck. I'm kind of a - someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don't think journalists are as important as the people they cover.

~Bob Schieffer

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People are more sophisticated in the way they go about dealing with the press.

~Bob Schieffer

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: February 25th, 1937

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