The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations

You come in off the street, through the doors of the theater. You sit down. The lights go down and the curtain goes up. And you're in another world

In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the better our choices should be and the better, in theory, our democracy should be.

You have to be an extremely good reader to appreciate what a good writer is. There are some people who are completely insensitive to good writing.

Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two years Lyndon Johnson is assistant leader of his party. In four years he is the leader of his party.

If things are going well, if the writing's coming along, I jump out of bed happy. And if the previous day has been bad, I get out of bed disgruntled.

As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.