What do you do in a novel? You take recognizable characters from your own life, and you fantasize about what they're really like.
Joe KleinYou know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities.
Joe KleinThe two-war strategy was a product of the cold war, when we had to have the ability to fight the Russians on the plains of Europe and fight the Chinese on the Korean peninsula at the same time. That costs an awful lot of money.
Joe KleinFor those of us who consider ourselves political moderates, life is a dispiriting slog, a sorry mix of rectitude and ineptitude.
Joe Klein