AtomicQuote

Jim Lehrer Quote

Not everyone can be relaxed or comfortable enough to seriously listen to the (debate or interview) answers.

Jim Lehrer

Not everyone can be relaxed or comfortable enough to seriously listen to the (debate or interview) answers.

Tags: interview

Related Quotes

Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33TAT: No. I don't know anymore than you know they're not. But, I'm talking about boundaries and privacy here. As a therapist working with survivors, I have been haras...

David L. Calof

Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33TAT: No. I don't know anymore than you know they're not. But, I'm talking about boundaries and privacy here. As a therapist working with survivors, I have been haras...

Tags: abuse, abuse deniers, ad hominem, anti science, boundaries, boundary violations, confidentiality, false memories, false memory, false memory syndrome

Treating Abuse Today (Tat), 3(4), pp. 26-33Freyd: I see what you're saying but people in psychology don't have a uniform agreement on this issue of the depth of -- I guess the term that was used at th...

David L. Calof

Treating Abuse Today (Tat), 3(4), pp. 26-33Freyd: I see what you're saying but people in psychology don't have a uniform agreement on this issue of the depth of -- I guess the term that was used at th...

Tags: abuse, abuse deniers, abusers, amnesia, anti science, child rape, confabulation, denial of abuse, denial of child abuse, denial of incest

Like Sylvia Plath, Natalie Jeanne Champagne invites you so close to the pain and agony of her life of mental illness and addiction, which leaves you gasping from shock and laughing moments later: this...

Andy Behrman

Like Sylvia Plath, Natalie Jeanne Champagne invites you so close to the pain and agony of her life of mental illness and addiction, which leaves you gasping from shock and laughing moments later: this...

Tags: bipolar disorder, blog, blogger, depression, insomnia, interview, memoir, mental health, recovery, writing

Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33Freyd: The term "multiple personality" itself assumes that there is "single personality" and there is evidence that no one ever displays a single personality.TAT: Th...

David L. Calof

Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33Freyd: The term "multiple personality" itself assumes that there is "single personality" and there is evidence that no one ever displays a single personality.TAT: Th...

Tags: abuse, abuse denial, abuse deniers, abusers, abusive parents, denial of child abuse, denial of incest, dishonest, dishonesty, dissociative disorders

Some artists benefit less from being interviewed than they do from being left alone.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Some artists benefit less from being interviewed than they do from being left alone.

Tags: amwriting, art, artist, artists, hermit, hermits, interview, interviewed, interviewee, interviewees

...And eventually, he (Charles Manson) testified to an empty court, as Bugliosi had convinced the presiding judge Older, that Manson's hypnotic powers might convince the jury he was innocent.

Nikolas Schreck

...And eventually, he (Charles Manson) testified to an empty court, as Bugliosi had convinced the presiding judge Older, that Manson's hypnotic powers might convince the jury he was innocent.

Tags: 1960s, charles manson, crime, criminology, helter skelter, interview

Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33TAT: I see the agenda. But let's go back: one of the contentions the therapeutic community has about the Foundation's professed scientific credibility is your use of...

David L. Calof

Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33TAT: I see the agenda. But let's go back: one of the contentions the therapeutic community has about the Foundation's professed scientific credibility is your use of...

Tags: abuse deniers, child rape, denial of abuse, denial of incest, false memories, false memory, false memory syndrome, false memory syndrome foundation, fmsf, incest

It's still strange.

Arthur K. Flam

It's still strange.

Tags: bizarre, destiny, fate, interview, life, nihilism, strange, writing

Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33While Pamela Freyd was speaking to us on the record about her organization, another development was in the making in the Freyd family. Since Pamela and her husband,...

David L. Calof

Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33While Pamela Freyd was speaking to us on the record about her organization, another development was in the making in the Freyd family. Since Pamela and her husband,...

Tags: abuse deniers, child rape, denial of abuse, denial of child abuse, false memories, false memory, false memory syndrome, false memory syndrome foundation, fmsf, incest

If someone wanted to be a runner, you don't tell them to think about running, you tell them to run. And the same simple idea applies to writing, I hope.

Markus Zusak

If someone wanted to be a runner, you don't tell them to think about running, you tell them to run. And the same simple idea applies to writing, I hope.

Tags: idea, interview, motivational, rule, the guardian, writing, writing advice
About Jim Lehrer

James Charles Lehrer (; May 19, 1934 – January 23, 2020) was an American journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. He was the executive editor and a news anchor for the PBS NewsHour on PBS and was known for his role as a debate moderator during U.S. presidential election campaigns, moderating twelve presidential debates between 1988 and 2012. Lehrer authored numerous fiction and non-fiction books that drew upon his experience as a newsman, along with his interests in history and politics.