You learn to write the same way you learn to play golf... You do it, and keep doing it until you get it right. A lot of people think something mystical happens to you, that maybe the muse kisses you on the ear. But writing isn’t divinely inspired – it’s hard work.

Bill Clinton is a man who thinks international affairs means dating a girl from out of town.

I was one of the first generations to watch television. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad?

Washington D.C. is about 300 square miles surrounded by realty.

Anti-Catholicism is the last respectable prejudice. You can't hate black people anymore, of course, and you can't hate homosexuals anymore, but you can hate all the Catholics you want.

Civilians listened to officers, which said a lot about the intelligence of civilians.

In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.