It Was Kind Of Exciting Being On

I Don't Know Many People, If Any, Who Have Had Some Straight Line Toward Success. I Mean, They Start Here, They Work Hard, They've Got What It Takes, And They Just Go Straight To The Top Over Some Number Of Years. Most People Get A Little Failure.

So When I Cover The President, I Try To Remember Two Things: First, If You Don't Ask, You Don't Find Out; And Second, The Questions Don't Do The Damage. Only The Answers Do.

Call Me A Braggart, Call Me Arrogant. People At Abc (and Elsewhere) Have Called Me Worse. But When You Need The Job Done On Deadline, You'll Call Me.

But As A Young Kid, I Never Did, Really Have An Ambition To Be A Farmer. I Never Thought, Gee, I Would Like To Farm, And I Want To Raise These Crops. I Didn't Quite Know What I Wanted To Do.

In 27 Years Of Reporting From Washington, I've Never Heard A President Admit He Made A Mistake.