Only two things ever stop the government from doing anything: money and politics

This election ain't no stinkin' TV show.

Help us show children around the world that we can make a difference together.

You need to be real enough to be believable, but you don't necessarily have to be real enough to be real. There is a distinction.

Having an affair with an intern is just an incredibly stupid thing to do.

We all go through life bristling at our external limitations, but the most difficult chains to break are inside us.

I used to defend the West Wing show from the charge of sentimentality or wish-fulfilment, because I think if you do go into the Barack Obama White House you will find six or seven people around him who are true believers. We make these people climb this filthy rope and then we stand at the bottom and say, "Hey, your hands are dirty!" To show heroic, progressive, democratic politics at work was more than I ever expected.