So when I cover the president, I try to remember two things: First, if you don't ask, you don't find out; and second, the questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.

It wasn't until the late '70s that a lot of people knew me.

In 27 years of reporting from Washington, I've never heard a President admit he made a mistake.

Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.

I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton.

The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.

So when I cover the president, I try to remember two things: First, if you don't ask, you don't find out; and second, the questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.