They do awful things in the press. One newspaper in England said I was 12 years older than I am, and I was ready to sue.
My knowledge of the state of President Roosevelt's health was derived entirely from conversations, from newspaper articles and from photographs.
The newspaper is, in fact, very bad for one's prose style. That's why I gravitated towards feature stories where you get a little more leeway in the writing style.
Many a good newspaper story has been ruined by over verification.
People hear about stuff from their friends or a magazine or a newspaper.
After I won the Oscar for 'Pollock,' some newspaper printed, 'She should get a million-dollar bump.' My sisters would write me, 'You're gonna get this million-dollar bump!'