Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.

Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.

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.

The biggest rap on me is that I don't find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It's not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused.

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

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.

I have gone on the air and announced my telephone number at the Washington Post. I go into the night, talking to people, looking for things. The great dreaded thing every reporter lives with is what you don't know. The source you didn't go to. The phone call you didn't return.