Saya pikir menulis tentang seseorang saat ini akan sedikit lebih dekat dengan apa yang biasa saya lakukan.
Ted Kennedy is the only person alive who might know more than we do about Chappaquiddick, and he may not.
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.
Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
Democratic politicians have disliked things I've written, Republican politicians... if they all love you, you might as well be driving a Good Humor truck.
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.
Ted Kennedy is the only person alive who might know more than we do about Chappaquiddick, and he may not.
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.
Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
Ketika saya kembali ke Washington untuk menjadi kepala koresponden kongres The Times pada tahun 1991, saya sedang mencari topik buku, dan Ted Kennedy menonjol karena dua alasan.
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.