There's a Washington standard of casually putting things off the record. It's really gone too far. I don't know an easy way to turn it back.

When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons.

Ted Kennedy's achievements as a senator have towered over his time, changing the lives of far more Americans than remember the name Mary Jo Kopechne.

I thought writing about somebody current would be a little closer to what I'm used to doing.

Gore speaks to America as if English is its second language; George W. speaks as if English is his second language.

God used my year of waiting not to frustrate me, or abandon me, but to draw me into a closer relationship with Him.

Death is more universal than life

Judge no one but love every one.

It's chance, I tell you, ' he interrupted, ' as everything is in a man's life.

Donald Trump needs mental-health help.

It's slightly complicated for people to grasp the idea of a head of state in human form.

It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.

I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools.

Live with the anticipation that something incredible might happen at any time.

If everything were permanent, singular, or independent, nothing would change.