I'm not an angry person. When I write, the lawyer in me tries to make it as easy to read as possible.

You gotta choose what battles you can win.

I was always fascinated by politics, and I did not like the direction the country was going under Bill Clinton.

I see it all the time in politics. If a candidate gets caught in a lie, he quickly tries to change the subject by throwing more mud at his opponent. The mud keeps flying until some of the slanderous material sticks.

Washington is Hollywood for ugly people.

My wife always tells people, 'He's not going to be able run to for anything because I'm not going to let him start a campaign.

I'm serious about this. The Republican Party needs to reform or die. President Bush did three things. He destroyed the Republican majority, he crippled the American conservative movement and he weakened the country. That's a hell of a trifecta.