68 Quotes by Seymour Hersh

I didn't know I was gonna be a writer when I started out.

Tracking down people who did not want to be found was vital to what I did for a living, and I was good at it.

Writing about corporate America had sapped my energy, disappointed the editors, and unnerved me.

Most of the important secrets that I've known about, the real secrets that are known about aren't worth publishing.

I'm not convinced that every secret has to be published. I think there are secrets worth keeping, and I think there are secrets not worth keeping.

I don't think I've ever met a public official that didn't think he was doing the right thing. I can't think of one.

I think the moment anybody seriously tampers with the First Amendment, you're going to see an outcry.

Yeah, I shoot my mouth off. There's a huge difference between writing and thinking.

I joined the 'Times' in 1972, and I came with the mark of Cain on me because I was clearly against the war. But my editor, Abe Rosenthal, he hired me because he liked stories. He used to come to the Washington bureau and almost literally pat me on the head and say, 'How is my little Commie today? What do you have for me?'