“- Florence: Can I handle this my way?
- Jim: You cannot, I'm still editor of this newspaper.
- Florence: Fine, you said I was fired... well, I quit, you give the assignment to somebody else.
- Jim: Wait a minute, come here.
- Florence: No, I'm through.
- Jim: Come here, sob sister, all right, go ahead, do it your own way.”

Glenda Farrell - Florence
Frank McHugh - Jim

“- John Jones: Foreign correspondent, huh?
- Mr. Powers: No, reporter. I don't want correspondence, I want news.”

Joel McCrea - John Jones
Harry Davenport - Mr. Powers

“- Michael: You're Sarah Easton, supermodel. I see you everywhere.
- Sarah: You're Michael Shiver, cab driver. I see you nowhere.”
Eric Schaeffer - Michael
Amanda De Cadenet - Sarah

“Either they don't know, don't show, or don't care about what's going on in the hood.”

Ice Cube - Doughboy

“It's finding the center of your story, the beating heart of it, that's what makes a reporter. You have to start by making up some headlines. You know: short, punchy, dramatic headlines.”
Gordon Pinsent - Billy Pretty