The biggest rap on me is that I don't find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It's not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused.

The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.

Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us.

The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.

Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him.

Certain political figures think when you call them and ask them for a comment; that you are somehow doing something that you shouldn't be doing.

[Clinton] believes that the Washington press corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters will understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives.