- Neal Gabler: Walter Winchell is the architect of modern American media. He turned journalism into a form of entertainment.
- Walter Winchell: From my childhood, I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want to be cold. I didn't want to be hungry, homeless or anonymous.
- Daniel Czitrom: The combination of his radio success and his syndicated newspaper column makes Winchell probably the single most popular and powerful man in the entertainment business.
- Thomas Doherty: Where in the past, we might have wanted gossip to gossip about our neighbors, now we can actually have gossip about people who are rich, glamorous, beautiful.