Erica Stone Quotes in Teacher's Pet (1958)

Erica Stone: Newspapers can't compete in reporting what happened any more, but they can and should tell the public why it happened.

James Gannon: How could you give up a real newspaper job for teaching?

Erica Stone: Well, that's a very good question, Mr. Gallagher. Maybe for the same reason that occasionally a musician wants to be a conductor, he wants to hear a hundred people play music the way he hears it.

Erica Stone: As my father used to say, a reporter has to do a lot of sweating before he earns the right to perspire.