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.

I think the problem in the Republican Party is really not money. I think they've got lots of it. I think it is theory of the case - why are we here, what is our message, how to connect to the real world.

Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.

A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.

If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's "too soft" or "too hard," about 999 would say "too hard."

It was accountability that Nixon feared.

Suppose Watergate had not been uncovered? I'd still be on the City Desk.