All political power is primarily an illusion. Illusion. Mirrors and blue smoke, beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished mirrors, first a thin veil of blue smoke, then a thick cloud that suddenly dissolves into wisps of blue smoke, the mirrors catching it all, bouncing it back and forth.

I'm on my high school football team and MUST show how much I know.

Anything that isn't writing is easy

Don't call me a journalist; I hate the word. It's pretentious!

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.

Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base.

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of work. To begin with they had to kill him.