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.

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

I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.

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 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.

Watergate is not the sort of issue that changes the vote. I don't know anyone who has changed their vote because of it.

The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal.