I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they're not calling me up and asking me for dinner.

...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division'.

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

I deal with first-hand sources. And give the people, even John Sununu, the opportunity to respond to what I've been told by first-hand sources.

I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon's Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.

Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.

The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals.