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

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.

There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath of Watergate and its impact could be done, perhaps by me or someone else.

Suppose Watergate had not been uncovered? I'd still be on the City Desk.

Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point.

Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.

I think the problem in the Republican Party is really not money. I think they've got lots of it. I think it is theory of the case - why are we here, what is our message, how to connect to the real world.