Religion is something that you need to do in silence.

The football season is like pain. You forget how terrible it is until it seizes you again.

I first came on the scene during the Johnson years and that crowd was out all the time enjoying themselves. Nixon wasn't particularly social but a lot of the people in his administration were.

I never know what I'm going to do for the Post next. Two weeks ago I had a piece on Homeland Security. This is one of my pig ongoing projects. How unprepared we are for a terrorist attack.

... Washington is, for one thing, the news capital of the world. And for another, it is a company town. Most of the interesting people in Washington either work for the government or write about it.

So many of the problems we have today are because people don't respect the beliefs of others.

When we stop and reflect things begin to happen and sometimes we get the essence of God when we are just quiet.