Woodward Quotations

Ever since Woodward and Bernstein, there's sort of been an epidemic of confidential sources in Washington, in particular where people will actually - when you call them up on the phone, they'll say, 'This is off the record,' or, 'This is on background,' or they don't even wait for you to say anything.

The really tough thing would have been to decide to take Woodward and Bernstein off the story. They were carrying the coal for us - in that their stories were right.

My sense is that, when you look at what people such as former Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have said over the years, you don't go with a story unless you have two independent sources to confirm it.

I sat next to Carl Bernstein throughout Watergate, and Woodward would come over, and they would argue everything out, so I was really tuned into what happened.

I didn't really see a way to make a living on the farm. I always loved writing. I was the guy who won the D.A.R. essay contest and things like that, and it was the era of Watergate, and I decided I would be the next Woodward and Bernstein, and then retire to the farm.

Official boundaries are often hard to see. If you head north on Woodward Avenue, away from downtown Detroit, you wouldn't know exactly when you left the city and crossed over into Oakland County - except for a small sign that tells you.

To most people he's a novelist, and they don't hold him to the same journalistic standard as they would others. This is not as if Bob Woodward got caught manufacturing quotes from the president.

Miss Woodward has always taken the course that would vindicate her and prove her innocent.

Nothing is going to just stop ... The Lower Woodward Program was really about more than the Super Bowl. It was about the transition of the city of Detroit into something we can all be proud of, to make it more livable and enjoyable and an exciting place to be.

Give Ripley credit for battling and Woodward hit four huge threes in the first half.

There are no plans for Stewart Henderson to do anything but run the reserves. He will pick the team, but Clive Woodward and Simon Clifford will also be involved over the next few weeks.

I would suggest that if you want to report the story, you start by talking to Mr. Woodward and Mr. Bennett and establish the facts, ... Why don't you start with Mr. Bennett, who, if you have all read The Washington Post this morning, will see that he says that he did not violate attorney-client privilege.

My plan was I just knew, I think the first time I was in a high school play, and I liked the feeling of that. Getting on the stage and entertaining and audience. Eventually, I went to New York and studied my craft, and I was in school for two years in the same class with Joanne Woodward and Steve McQueen.

We couldn't move the ball in the third quarter. They were just ganging up on us and we couldn't complete a pass. But we were able to put a drive together in the fourth quarter and then we were trying to get a couple first downs and then Ben Woodward broke that big one. We were just hoping to eat some clock and give them the ball back. But being ahead by two scores is a lot better than being ahead by one.

We still believe that the law violates the United States Constitution. We feel very strongly that it's extremely unfair and useless to evict Mr. Slack. He is not a danger to the students of Woodward Elementary.

Bob Woodward has gone wholly into access journalism.

During the past year, he'd pressed Woodward to tell him the name, arguing that the current editor should know the identity of our source. Woodward had resisted.

It's not a take-over by Clive Woodward as some people have suggested,

I'm not sure I'll ever hit that level and to the level of official stature that Bob Woodward had for his Nixon coverage, simply because I'm an outsider, ... But to the degree that the story now threatens a president, I do think it's on the same level as what Woodward and Bernstein did with their coverage and applying the pressure.

Certainly, today's cars are technologically superior vehicles, but they don't capture a person's imagination, you don't form an emotional bond like the cars of the past, ... When you're out on Woodward (in the Dream Cruise), you're seeing American iron from the '50s and '60s. There's a romance about the cars. It recalls the glory of Detroit and the glory of the industry.

The key for us was the one-point loss to Woodward Academy. If we win that, we're playing in our own gym against a different opponent.

And it will be exciting to be located in the Motor City's hotbed of hot rod and motorcycle enthusiasts just blocks from the famous Woodward Avenue.