By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms of message discipline, in terms of access for reporters, and especially in the way that sources and subjects, especially famous subjects, treat the media, almost by default there's more news that's falling into books.

[Barack Obama] says at one point, "[Jimmy] Carter, [Bill] Clinton and I suffer from," what he called, "the policy wonk's disease."

Wars tend to be very public things, they are visible. There are correspondents traveling with the troops and you get daily dispatches.

A little known area often defines the fortunes of leaders -- management skills.

The fact is, I can vote for anybody; independents, Republicans, Democrats. But I'm a registered Democrat in the District of Columbia.

I've been a reporter for 20 years, and I don't ever get things wrong. That's important in terms of my professional status.

Every person has their pantheon - the Bible, Hollywood, Shakespeare - their way of understanding the world.