Nobody believes this, but I write very fast.

I don't think of my books as being biographies. I never had any interest in doing a book just to write the life of a great man. I had zero interest in that. My interest is in power. How power works.

I think President Obama has done more than he is given credit for.

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

Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people in the presidency.

The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.

Nobody believes this, but I write very fast.