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"The publisher has told - you know, if these editors, Andres Martinez and Nick Goldberg, were the least bit honest about this, they would tell you the publisher has told them he wants the editorial page to be conservative."
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"But I came from a conservative Republican background."

"Bill Clinton was a liberal who could appeal to conservative-leaning Bubba voters."

"Reaching out to Hispanics is critical to our future. The fastest-growing, and most conservative, segment of the population are natural Republicans."

"White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I'm gonna wave my freak flag high."

"Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others."

"One of the things that goes with getting older is that one becomes more conservative - and I emphasise that when I use the word conservative I do not mean politically."

"We can survive as a population only if we conserve, develop sustainably, and protect the world's resources."
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"For instance, Clinton who was unquestionably the smartest of the bunch I talked to - both the ones who made it and didn't. He had a great interest in policy."


"What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs."


"And new people come in, and it doesn't go along with their politics, and they fire me, end the column, silence a voice in Los Angeles. They can't silence it nationally, but they are able to do it there."


"For example, I spent a lot of time with Reagan, both before he ran for governor and when he was running for president. As a print reporter without the cameras, I was able to really test the quality of their minds and their knowledge base."


"I was able to do something that people can't do these days, which is to have quality time with the guys who were trying to be president and a number of them who got the job."


"Even with the best of intentions, even when they're very smart and knowledgeable - as opposed to George W., who is neither - it doesn't seem to matter."


"What passes for investigative journalism is finding somebody with their pants down - literally or otherwise."


"That means presenting the issues in certain ways that will appeal to those people and then becoming a prisoner of your own language and thought process. That has always happened - it's just been intensified."
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