"I'm not searching for hard news; I'm..." - Quote by Anthony Bourdain
I'm not searching for hard news; I'm not a journalist, but I'm interested in pushing to boundaries of where we can do the kind of stories that we want to do. I mean, it's a big world and CNN has made it a lot bigger and they haven't flinched.
More by Anthony Bourdain
“I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities. Whatever authority I have as a commenter on this world comes from the sheer weight of 28 years in the business. I kicked around for 28 years and came out the other end alive and able to form a sentence.”
“I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one. Letting the happy accident happen is what a lot of vacation itineraries miss, I think, and I’m always trying to push people to allow those things to happen rather than stick to some rigid itinerary.”
“The Congo was the most difficult shoot of my life but was also maybe the greatest adventure of my life.”
More on Storytelling
“Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a surprise.”
“Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.”
“In learning the art of storytelling by animation, I have discovered that language has an anatomy.”
More on Journalism
“On the 'Star,' you were forced to learn to write a simple declarative sentence. This is useful to anyone. Newspaper work will not harm a young writer and could help him if he gets out of it in time.”
“Journalism has a distinct place in familiarizing and expressing public opinion.”
“American journalism (like the journalism of any other country) is predominantly paltry and worthless. Its pretensions are enormous, but its achievements are insignificant.”