Fiction, for me, is sort of a protracted way of saying all the things I wished I said the night before.

He?s an American archetype, the PR hustler, who is sort of basically good at heart, but he?s in it for the thrill of the verbal chase and he?s excited by it and he gets carried away with his own artistry.

I hope when I'm on my deathbed, people forgive me, because there is a lot to forgive.

Lobbyists didn't descend from a spaceship. They evolved organically from the way we do business.

A new idea is like carbonated liquid in a bottle. You just sort of shake it until the cork pops, then you write and write.

President Obama came to office proclaiming that he aims to solve problems, not hand them on to our children. Most presidents say that sort of thing.