I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.

The first rough draft of history.

I don’t want to disappoint too many people, but the number of interesting political, historical conversations we had, you could stick in your ear, it wasn't that many. We talked about friends, family and of course girls.

I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.

It's very hard to stand up to the government which is saying that publication will threaten national security. People don't seem to realize that reporters and editors know something about national security and care deeply about it.

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous.

Generals who can write always make me nervous.