I try to have a mood or a rhythm for a chapter.

Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years

Someday a political genius will come along and make the Senate work.

My interest is in power. How power works.

I like new ballets because they're totally new. As you get older, new experiences are harder and harder to come by, so it's pretty great to have a new experience.

I used to work very long hours. Then I started to realize that the stuff that I was writing in the late afternoons, I was generally throwing out. So I quit earlier than I used to.

Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work