Jill Abramson Quotations

Secrets don't stay secrets very long, even when journalists decide to censor themselves.

My advice on getting a raise is what everybody's advice is: to become a confident negotiator; but that is so hard. My admiration for women who are good at that is unbridled. Women in general have a harder time talking about money with their bosses.

I have heard Obama officials say more than once, 'You will have blood on your hands if you publish this story.'

I don't keep up with Twitter all day long.

I am in awe of women who have full family lives and seem to work round the clock in the 24/7 news cycle.

Budget cuts are a sad reality in most newsrooms, and I am concerned that they reduce the collective muscle of journalists who are doing the expensive, and often dangerous, work of on-the-ground reporting.

I'm a huge dog nut - giant, giant.

We talked about this a lot during my half-hour visit with her. She is receiving a torrent of supporting mail, and the letters help sustain her as well. Times colleagues are begging to go, and there is a long waiting list.

Her spirits seemed remarkably good, given the circumstances. I think what is keeping her going is that she believes she is serving a purpose, and that is the need for a federal shield law.

Her spirits seemed remarkably good, given the circumstances,

I think a lot about something: Abe Rosenthal was once asked what he wanted on his headstone, and he said he wanted it just to say, 'He kept the paper straight.' And I think about that a lot.

I think about the question of perspective in reporting all the time, and since I spent 20 years of my career in Washington as both a reporter and an editor I'm keenly aware that a newspaper should not be dominated by stories in which the only voices and perspective come from those in power.

I think that a great newspaper is one that puts a real premium on digging to get the story behind the story.

With the fragmentation of television audiences and the advent of cable and on-demand services, the prestige of being an anchor is not what it was in the days of Walter Cronkite.

The times I didn't get jobs I wanted, I remember feeling dispirited - really crestfallen.

I've taught a college journalism course at two universities where my students taught me more than I did them about how political news is consumed.

I've pretty much stopped using a laptop because I'm not line-editing a lot of things anymore.

As a big user of public libraries, I deplore the cutbacks they have had to sustain.

Although I believe the Web has greatly increased the distribution of quality news, I do worry about those who don't have Internet access.

There's a way to do networking that isn't overly brown-nosing.

I'm talking to anyone who has been dumped - have not gotten the job you really wanted or have received those horrible rejection letters from grad school. You know, the disappointment of losing, or not getting something you badly want. When that happens, show what you are made of.

I have to pay attention to work on the weekends and always have my iPhone with me, but I don't mind.

When we first started, we would message all the time, ... He would log on, and mostly we would just message back and forth at the beginning of the relationship. Now, we use the computer, phones, letters, airlines - everything.

Over the years, I’ve worried that my directness could come off as brusque or my criticisms heard in an outsize way, especially by male colleagues. I sometimes wondered whether expressing even my mildest reservation reminded someone of a chastising mother or complaining wife.

Women are damn resilient.

You know, a dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you're in faster than you can think of.

The Obama administration has had seven criminal leak investigations. That is more than twice the number of any previous administration in our history. It's on a scale never seen before. This is the most secretive White House that, at least as a journalist, I have ever dealt with.

If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth.

You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of,

I admit that I am hopelessly hooked on the printed newspaper. I love turning the pages and the serendipity of stumbling across a piece of irresistible information or a photograph that I wasnt necessarily intending to read.

As someone who has spent a lot of her career as an investigative reporter, I'll confess that a frustration of mine has always been that so much investigative journalism involves a dissection of events in the past.

People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing up there. But I have found this not to be the case at all.

I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.

Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more.

I think as an investigative reporter I had tough standards, but I don't think of myself as a tough person.

The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isnt true.

The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.

Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working on my own enterprise stories, which were not as deadline sensitive.

I think the Huffington Post has been inventive and presents what it aggregates well.

It's a little dangerous to be a badass.

I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.

The whole issue of how women's management styles are viewed is an incredibly interesting subject.

A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps.

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

We human beings are a lot more resilient than we often realize. Resilient and perseverant,

What's next for me? I don't know. So I'm in exactly the same boat as many of you.

I do see myself as someone who has a lot of story ideas.

You can verify that in news meetings I sometimes say, 'This is skewed too far to the left,' or 'The mix of stories seems overweeningly appealing to a reader with a certain set of sensibilities, and it shouldn't.'