Rude interviewers are ten a penny, and politicians have long since learned how to cope. Andrew Marr Read Quote
Clearly the human story is one of acceleration. There has been a Moore curve in terms of the number of people alive on the planet, our technological ability, and our ability to understand ourselves. We have had this extraordinary, explosive growth in our ingenuity. Andrew Marr Read Quote
My kids wouldn’t dream of buying a newspaper – and we are a newspaper household. Andrew Marr Read Quote
I’m a great believer in the direct quote in quotation marks and the hard fact. Andrew Marr Read Quote
The business of funding digging journalists is important to encourage. It cannot be replaced by bloggers who don’t have access to politicians, who don’t have easy access to official documents, who aren’t able to buttonhole people in power. Andrew Marr Read Quote
In the end, does it really matter if newspapers physically disappear? Probably not: the world is always changing. But does it matter if organisations independent enough and rich enough to employ journalists to do their job disappear? Yes, that matters hugely; it affects the whole of life and society. Andrew Marr Read Quote
Verbally, I’m quite fast on my feet. I could embarrass or anger most people if I wanted to. Andrew Marr Read Quote
Interviews, and hence interviewers, are there to help shed light, and to let viewers judge for themselves. We are not judges, juries, commentators or torturers – nor friends, either. Andrew Marr Read Quote
