Telling a story about someone has enormous power. People forget a headline. They remember a story.
In the very few interviews I've made, it doesn't matter how long we've talked to each other, the headline is still just about my paycheck.
We don't have any real justice in the legal system, you never see a headline that reads, Millionaire Gets Death Sentence.
I want to headline Bonnaroo. I just want to do it more than anything in the world.
You don't really have to say much when your headline is 'Drag Queen Robs Burger King.' Sometimes comedy writes itself.
I'm not James Bond. There's your headline! It's very clear to me that he's the furthest from my character that it's possible to be. It's somebody I play.
A good headline can make an advertisement good even if the picture is poor.
Now I spend hours on headlines - days if necessary. And when I get a good headline, I know that my task is nearly finished.
A headline last year, after the death of Saddam Hussein, read: 'Tyrant is hanged'. My auntie looked at the newspaper and sobbed, 'Who's going to present "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"'
When this is over, the media will lose interest [in the relationship]. There’ll be nothing to say. It won’t fit into a headline anymore. It won’t fit into a template.
When I see a headline 'Guess who's going out with who?' I don't guess, and I don't click.
I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood on my head and no one would have known the difference.
Time after time ... today's crisis shrinks to next week's footnote to a newly headline disaster.
The gleam in their eyes telegraphs only too clearly that they are hoping for a headline, which of course means something disparaging, because nothing makes such good copy as a feud.
If the worst that happens is that I wake up and see a picture of myself and a headline saying, 'He wasn't very funny last night', then I've got nothing to complain about.
Republicans tend to be more steadfast in their allegiance, and Democrats read one headline in the 'New York Times,' and the sky is suddenly falling.
The headline is the most important element in most advertisements. It is the telegram which decides the reader whether to read the copy.
Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, "Man Gets Married!"
What's great about being an opener is that even when you lose, you win. There's no pressure. And no expectations. If you sell merch, you're killing it. But when you headline, you have to sell those tickets.
I have been saying for many years that we are using the word 'guru' only because 'charlatan' is too long to fit into a headline.
These days, it takes only seconds - seconds - for a picture, a photo, to suddenly become an international headline.
The headline is the most important element of an ad. It must offer a promise to the reader of a believable benefit. And it must be phrased in a way to give it memory value.
I've seen the Stones play for three hours, and the crowd knew every song. It's what you want in a headline slot at a festival.
Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.'
I probably learned more about Marion Barry listening to Chris Rock than I did reading a headline.
A good quotation must be a complete entity. It must be like a headline - sharp, clear, whole.
I was fat-shamed the other day on a British newspaper. The headline was 'Four Bellies and a Turkey Neck.' They weren't wrong. I looked shocking.
There's so much to consume that it's very easy to read a headline in the news outlets that you subscribe to that you maybe support and go 'This is how I feel.'
I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.
I'm very distressed that the report was leaked early so that the initial headline said 'dismissed, fired.' That's 180 degrees from the arrangement we have potentially.
Headline writing is tough because often times you are given a predetermined number of spaces and words depending on the layout and the type of the story.
Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!
If there's a good review, I'll skip over the headline, but I always find the bad reviews and read those. I don't know why. It's a little sick and demented.
The worst headline is one that contains a factual error. Bad headlines are ones that are bland, and don't tell the reader anything specific, like 'Democrats at it Again.'
When I got married, the Sun ran the headline: 'Here comes the bride, all fat and wide.' Luckily, it was a few days after the wedding - but it was still hideous to read at a great romantic moment.
If I rescued a child from drowning, the press would no doubt headline the story: 'Benn grabs child
A good headline is far more than a summary. It has to characterize, in a few brief words, the most important themes and news items of the article it accompanies.
If you look at any great fashion photograph out of context, it will tell you just as much about what's going on in the world as a headline in the New York Times.
A long headline that really says something is more effective than a brief heading that says nothing.
Soundbite and slogan, strapline and headline, at every turn we meet hyperbole. The soaring inflation of the English language is more urgently in need of control than the economic variety.
Only the pun remains. The pun, beloved of Shakespeare, children and tabloid headline-writers, is normally eschewed in the modern, sophisticated circles in which I move.
When I got married, the Sun ran the headline: "Here comes the bride, all fat and wide." Luckily, it was a few days after the wedding - but it was still hideous to read at a great romantic moment.
I have enjoyed anchoring at 'Headline News' but have decided that it is time for me to make a change in my daily professional life.
In New York, unlike Holland, there are newspaper stands on every corner. That was a big headline all over the city.
The celebrity culture demands a camera-ready-at-all-times look or else the photo is circulated in a demeaning headline.
If you are going to emphasize certain words in the headline, be sure that they are the words that say something.
Internet news cycles are by the minute, and any fool can take a headline from the Associated Press and send it out as news.
Just once how I'd like to see the headline say, not much to print today, can't find anything bad to say.
It's when I'm playing a headline show I feel weird, 'cause I don't know how to react to people coming out to see me.
I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
The business of judging a headline AFTER you read the copy is wrong. It takes for granted that everybody reads the copy.
Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
[With Donald Trump] we are moving into an era where a lot of people get their information through tweets and sound bites and some headline that comes over their phone.
Too many DJs today want to be the headline act without ever knowing what it takes to be the local DJ who's busting his or her gut to perfect their craft.
People love talking about how much an actor makes. A lot of headline space is dedicated to this.
I'm convinced that theatre is a horrible business. Make this the headline. You have to be on the spot every night as an actor. You are damn lonesome standing out there.
There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song.
Jay Abraham's client sent him $50,000 a month for a long time for writing one headline. That's what people who understand communication can do.
I've actually started to drive slower. I never want to see a news headline that reads, 'The Chinese Guy from 'Fast & Furious' Pulled Over for a Speeding Ticket.'
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