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

I think there are people out there who just kind of say, let's repot the plant. Let's give somebody else a chance. And it's not just anger or disappointment in their lives, it's the sense of, let's shake this up. And no one is shaking it up as much as Trump.

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

Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.

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

I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.

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