My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.

At the White House, everybody works for the same person. They're all part of the same company. But on Capitol Hill, they're all independent contractors. They all work for themselves. That's a formula for getting news.

Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed.

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.

Well, you know, in any political campaign, you're gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it'll hurt the guy on the other side.

But if you're going to go out on a military unit, you've got to allow yourself to be under the control of the commander because you really could put the troops in danger.

I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.