A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is ability to articulate human relationships.

The whole point to American journalism is what ought to be true is true.

I came out of Capitol Hill. Well, that's just not an ordinary background for a writer of the ordinary American sort.

I assume that the point of American democracy is you can express any point of view you want.

I am an obsessive rewriter, doing one draft and then another and another, usually five. In a way, I have nothing to say, but a great deal to add.

I have been saying for the some time now that America has only one party - the property party. It's the party of big corporation, the party of money. It has two right wings; one is Democrat and the other is Republican.

I'd like to see a revival of state legislatures, in which I am a true Jeffersonian.