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

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.

I recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me off guard a little bit. He was much more serious than some of the joke shows that journalists get on.

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

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?

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