I write about power, that's my real subject - how you get it, what you do with it, how you abuse it. I'm equally wary of liberals and conservatives.

Nobody's reasonable when they're in love. That's the whole point of it.

It's not enough to do good. You have to be seen doing good.

The more I know, the less I sleep.

In L.A., the only thing within walking distance is your car.

If you're going to play stickball in Canarsie you better learn Brooklyn rules.

Torture injures everyone who comes into contact with it and corrodes the country that abides it.