Donald Trump is going to have to live in the real world in which Vladimir Putin is exactly who he presents himself to be, and Putin is extremely skilled. He's not going to make it very easy for the United States or Germany. And he's going to test Trump.

You have to understand that a lot of the working class is not white.

Clearly independent journalists - domestic journalists - run a high risk if they dare to take on serious investigative work.

The only reason to be in business is to be great.

We should put pressure on power and write the truth and write relentlessly and fearlessly. That's the job.

I understand the difference between journalism and scholarship that comes 20 years later.

I'm interested in Russian language, culture, history... and I lived there, for four years, as a reporter for the Washington Post and have visited many times since.