Jann Wenner Quotations

I'm a neat freak... It seems to me that an orderly desk is reflective of an orderly and organized mind, you know?

It's a daily miracle to see a child grow and develop all the senses and language and speech and faculties, and they're so much fun and they're so delightful and they're so innocent. It just stops your heart every time; I can't get enough of it.

I have more fun hanging out with my friends who are musicians and rock stars. You know politicians by and large are pretty stiff, pretty rehearsed.

Magazines that depend on photography, and design, and long reads, and quality stuff, are going to do just fine despite the Internet and cable news.

To rush to throw away your magazine business and move it on the iPad is just sheer insanity and insecurity and fear.

There's a level of immaturity to people who just can't clean up after themselves.

Being yourself is one of the greatest things you can possibly do. Being true to yourself.

When I started Rolling Stone in November 1967, the magazine's initial chapter was to cover rock & roll music with intelligence and respect. Even then, we knew that the fervor sweeping our generation encompassed more than just music.

The most important thing a magazine can do online is maintain its brand and be very strong in terms of delivering on that brand.

I don't believe that there's such a thing as objectivity in much of journalism, but I think there is a serious effort to and a regard for facts and into taking that stuff seriously is very important to the public discourse and it's very important to democracy.