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Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us.

The source known as Deep Throat provided a kind of road map through the scandal. His one consistent message was that the Watergate burglary was just the tip of the iceberg.

The press gave me a voice too quickly, and that could have unsettled a man who had every right to feel he should be in control of the thing he had created.

Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.

A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.

To newspapers and publishing houses I urge the use of fact over fiction, freedom of the press, and responsibility at all times.

A key purpose of journalism is to provide an adversarial check on those who wield the greatest power by shining a light on what they do in the dark, and informing the public about those acts.

Any journalist worth his or her salt wouldn't trust me.

I think the most important thing journalism taught me is to mine for details. The details are key. You can't try to be funny or strange or poignant; you have to let the details be funny or strange or poignant for you.