Conversations: Pete Dexter

Don't miss this Bronx Banter interview with the great Pete Dexter: (Thanks to Oliver.)

Bronx Banter: What kind of reporter were you when you began?

Pete Dexter: I didn't have a specialty or anything. I was kind of looked on as a guy who could write. I was a careful writer and a careless reporter. Reporting is a talent but it's also just a matter of rolling up your sleeves. A guy like Bob Woodward didn't get where he is by being charming or having a way with people I don't think. He just did it by following all the rules and taking things as far as they could be humanly taken. That wasn't what I wanted to do. I knew that early on. I didn't get any satisfaction out of breaking a story. It just…