Bob Woodward Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard.”

“Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.”

“Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form.”

“Suppose Watergate had not been uncovered? I'd still be on the City Desk.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me off guard a little bit. He was much more serious than some of the joke shows that journalists get on.”

“I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon's Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.”

“I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked out. But I suspect none of the magnitude and sweep of Watergate.”

“If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk associated with using unidentified sources.”