“A politician wouldn't dream of being allowed to call a columnist the things a columnist is allowed to call a politician”
Max Lerner
“Personal columnists are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat - no matter who killed the meat for him.”
Ernest Hemingway
“You're not a columnist. You're a reporter (who) writes long.”
Michael Keaton
“No one likes to be ticketed for double-parking. That is no excuse for you to tolerate columnist Carmine Santa Maria's use of profanity and otherwise vulgar and disrespectful language in excoriating traffic enforcement agents who do their duty.”
Paul Browne
“Hal was a legend. Most of our readers know him as one of if not the greatest columnist in Cleveland sports history.”
Steve Roszczyk
“Authors (and perhaps columnists) eventually rise to the top of whateverdepths they were once able to plumb.”
Stanley Kaufman
“[A Milwaukee columnist has launched a campaign to bring back the old m-b logo, and Ned Yost is all for it.] I like the logo, ... It wouldn't bother me if they changed back to it. I'm like everybody else. I'd love the hats.”
Ned Yost