Bob Woodward Quotes about Literature

The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.

It was accountability that Nixon feared.

We're not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I'm sure.

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

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

There's hostility to lying, and there should be.

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.

I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not...

Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.

Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.

Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.

Certain political figures think when you call them and ask them for a comment; that you are somehow doing something that you shouldn't be doing.

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.

The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals.

Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect.

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.

Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.

Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.

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