American foreign policy had still not recovered from its victory over communism when George W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice took over at the White House in 2001.

It was Queen Elizabeth who made me a foreign correspondent.

The biographer's problem is that he never knows enough. The autobiographer's problem is that he knows too much.

Poetry is so vital to us until school spoils it.

A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the three most flamboyant political figures involved: Mark Hanna, Theodore Roosevelt, and Emma Goldman.

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.