Donald Trump's big goal is to become the richest man in the world, abusing the powers of the presidency.

People who watch a lot of Fox come away knowing a lot less about important world events.

A novel makes it possible to understand not just events, but the people who control the events; not only their choices, but also their motives.

Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us, and now we are discovering we work for Fox

Trump is not just unlike a Republican, he's unlike a presidential candidate. The whole elaborate presidential process is designed to screen out people like Donald Trump. And that process broke down in ways quite unlike anything in the recent experience of the United States.

Events don't happen because I write a speech. I am allowed to write a speech because events are going to happen.

Journalism can go right up to the door of the room in which the decisions are made. A novel can go inside the room - and inside the character's heads.