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"Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point."
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"When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making."
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"Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us."
Journalism
"Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government."
Government
"If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard."
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"Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped."
Mistake
"The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies."
Government
"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."
People
"People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?"
People
"The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified."
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"It was accountability that Nixon feared."
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"It just happens to be the way that I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them."
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"Now, practically even better news than that of short assignments is the idea of shitty first drafts. All good writers write them."
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"Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream."
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"Every article and review and book that I have ever published has constituted an appeal to the person or persons to whom I should have talked before I dared to write it. I never launch any little essay without the hope-and the fear, because the encounter may also be embarrassing-that I shall draw a letter that begins, 'Dear Mr. Hitchens, it seems that you are unaware that It is in this sense that authorship is collaborative with 'the reader.' And there's no help for it: you only find out what you ought to have known by pretending to know at least some of it already.It doesn't matter how obscure or arcane or esoteric your place of publication may be: some sweet law ensures that the person who should be scrutinizing your work eventually does do so."
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"The name of a great writer is usually bigger than the title of his book. Both literally and figuratively."
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"Writing is my pleasure and the play,where I find myself again and again."
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"It is said that you can't write without a reader. The opposite holds true as well; you can't read without a writer. But if as a single, creative person you are one in the same, then, well.....problem solved! Great writing is born from that which we personally long to read."
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"One author said "I write because I want to live a footprint in the sands of history. It's hard to live a footprint in the sands of history when giants are passing through the same sands unless you are one of the giants."
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"By applying their observational abilities along with full appliance of their logic and creative powers, writers attempt to create mental maps to share with other people regarding what they learned, think, and believe. The writer's vision can sway readers emotional state and in doing influence what they believe and how they behave."
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"Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going."
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