“I thought writing about somebody current would be a little closer to w...” — Adam Clymer Quote

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

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 is the only person alive who might know more than we do about Chappaquiddick, and he may not.

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.

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.

Everything has the potential to be extraordinary, whether an old photograph, a book or a life. If you find it ordinary, you simply need to take a closer look.

I hover closer to earth than I do the clouds.

The closer you are to technology, the more you trust it.

Internal and external obliques form your sides and waist. Your external obliques sit closest to the surface toward the front of your waist, with the internal obliques sitting deeper and closer to your back. Toning them shrinks your waistline and love handles.

Motherhood brought me even closer to my own mother - I realised everything she'd been through.