As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department.

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

News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.

I'd rather work with someone who's good at their job but doesn't like me, than someone who likes me but is a ninny.

I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure.

It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio.

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.