"About 25 years ago, I started out as a reporter covering politics. And that sort of just evolved into organized crime, because organized crime and politics were the same thing in Boston."

"You look at the descriptions of Whitey by law enforcement during his early years, and they sum him up pretty well. He was the same guy 40 years later; he just had $40 million more, and had committed 40 more murders."

"Reporters used to be blue-collar; at the Globe now, it's practically required that you have a trust fund."

"I think among the retired FBI agents there are some who would not like to see him come back, but I think the people running the FBI now are interested in catching him."