Storytelling Has A Narcotic Power.

Of All Human Activities, Writing Is The One For Which It Is Easiest To Find Excuses Not To Begin – The Desk’s Too Big, The Desk’s Too Small, There’s Too Much Noise, There’s Too Much Quiet, It’s Too Hot, Too Cold, Too Early, Too Late. I Had Learned Over The Years To Ignore Them All, And Simply To Start.

Everyone Thinks Politics Will Just Go On The Way It Is. I Don't Agree.

Politics Is Never A Victory, It's Just The Remorseless Grinding Forward Of Events.

I Was A Political Journalist; I Came To Writing Novels Through An Interest In Politics And Power.

What Is Leadership, After All, But The Blind Choice Of One Route Over Another And The Confident Pretense That The Decision Was Based On Reason