139 Quotes by Charles Kuralt

It was so much fun to have the freedom to wander America, with no assignments. For 25 or 30 years I never had an assignment. These were all stories I wanted to do myself.

When I worked in Los Angeles covering hard news, very often when something important would happen I'd be off in the woods covering something unimportant, which was more interesting to me.

The first books I was interested in were all about baseball. But I can't think of one single book that changed my life in any way.

It's best to leap into something you know you love. You might change your mind later, but that is the privilege of youth.

Just by luck, I picked good heroes to worship.

There is such a thing as a national conscience, and it can be touched.

Kids are always asked, What are you going to be when you grow up? I needed an answer. So instead of saying, a fireman, or a policeman, I said, a reporter.

My parents encouraged me in everything I ever wanted to do.

I didn't like the competitiveness of big-time journalism.