Watergate is an immensely complicated scandal with a cast of characters as varied as a Tolstoy novel.

Getting up in the morning and having work you love is what makes life different for people. If you get into a position where you don't love what you're doing, get off 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 deal with first-hand sources. And give the people, even John Sununu, the opportunity to respond to what I've been told by first-hand sources.

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'

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

Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.