History is a series of mistakes. Now the task is to plan for those mistakes so those of us who are populists can actually take over the reins of power when the right mistakes are made.

This is what's so hard about our current politics: things poll well, but people don't believe that politicians are telling the truth.

People think that the politician is just part of a system, and whether they're lying or not doesn't matter.

History is a series of mistakes. Now the task is to plan for those mistakes so those of us who are populists can actually take over the reins of power when the right mistakes are made.

I'm not from the arts, I'm a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics.

If you think art is a competitive forum, then you're going to stop doing it if you're not good. But if it's not competitive, it's something that you'll keep doing.

I feel much more comfortable in politics than I did in book writing. Book writing is so hard. Politics felt easy compared to that.