I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked out. But I suspect none of the magnitude and sweep of Watergate.

Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.

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

I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates.

Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending.

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.

It was accountability that Nixon feared.