Bob Woodward
When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.
Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point.
I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates.
When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon's own voice saying, We have to stonewall, We have to lie to the Grand Jury, We have to pay burglars a million dollars, it's all too clear the horror of what went on.
When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans.
The biggest rap on me is that I don't find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It's not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused.
I have gone on the air and announced my telephone number at the Washington Post. I go into the night, talking to people, looking for things. The great dreaded thing every reporter lives with is what you don't know. The source you didn't go to. The phone call you didn't return.
Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.
There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?
I deal with first-hand sources. And give the people, even John Sununu, the opportunity to respond to what I've been told by first-hand sources.
People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?
I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they're not calling me up and asking me for dinner.
Clinton... believes that the Washington Press Corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters would understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives.
Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him.
Getting up in the morning and having work you love is what makes life different for people. If you get into a position where you don't love what you're doing, get off it.Collection: Inspirational
Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.Collection: Believe
Good work is always done in defiance of management.Collection: Design
Sometimes,doing nothing is the best reaction.Collection: Doing Nothing
I always am very aggressive and putting out much more than people would like, but that's the business I'm in.Collection: People
He (former President Gerald Ford) made it very clear that he did not agree with the reasons President Bush laid out for the war, namely the belief that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq or that there was some obligation that the United States or the president had to expand democracy.Collection: War
Rawhide Down is full of spectacular, original reporting.Collection: Spectacular
If there's one thing that Trump does, he never quits.Collection: Doe
I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not...Collection: Mind
They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.Collection: Powerful
Watergate is not the sort of issue that changes the vote. I don't know anyone who has changed their vote because of it.Collection: Issues
Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'Collection: People
In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as "dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns for foreign policy.Collection: Military
I think the problem in the Republican Party is really not money. I think they've got lots of it. I think it is theory of the case - why are we here, what is our message, how to connect to the real world.Collection: Real
It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.Collection: Editors
...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division'.Collection: Military
If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's "too soft" or "too hard," about 999 would say "too hard."Collection: Media
[Clinton] believes that the Washington press corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters will understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives.Collection: Believe
I think there are people out there who just kind of say, let's repot the plant. Let's give somebody else a chance. And it's not just anger or disappointment in their lives, it's the sense of, let's shake this up. And no one is shaking it up as much as Trump.Collection: Disappointment