Gossip is easy, politics is hard.

The constant variety is the most interesting part of my job.

In the New York Times, you're going to get completely different information than you would in the USA Today.

Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news.

When I was a freelancer, I thought this journalism thing was a racket, and now that I'm where I am now, I know it's a racket.

Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.

Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable.