“This is the whole thing: Each one of us has a different relationship with our sources.”
Walter Pincus
“In fact, Secretary Powell was not told that one of the sources he was given as a source of this information had indeed been flagged by the Defense Intelligence Agency as a liar, a fabricator, ... Curveball.”
David Kay
“One of the big ones is that Ronald Reagan was considered for the Humphrey Bogart role. Some sources suggest that revelation was a ploy by Reagan's publicist more than an actual fact. Producer Hal Wallace has said during interviews that Bogart was always intended for the part. However, it is true that studios always had backup rosters of names in case someone became unavailable.”
Christopher Roberts
“If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true. Then the more times you hear it the less likely it is to be true.”
Anthony Holden
“Streams may spring from one source, and yet some be clear and some be foul.”
Arthur Conan Doyle Sr.
“One guy said, 'I don’t want anymore source code. I've got plenty of that,'”
Jonathan Schwartz
“I don't see how a reporter can function in a sensitive beat without relying on anonymous sources -- even one anonymous source if the reporter has confidence in him.”
Bob Zelnick
