I always am very aggressive and putting out much more than people would like, but that's the business I'm in.

I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.

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 have gone on the air and announced my telephone number at the Washington Post. I go into the night, talking to people, looking for things. The great dreaded thing every reporter lives with is what you don't know. The source you didn't go to. The phone call you didn't return.

It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system.

It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.