I was a political reporter for quite some time, so I followed around all sorts of different politicians.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I follow politics very closely. I read several newspapers every day.
I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.
I've been dealing with politicians all my life. All my life. And I've always gotten them to do what I need them to do.
I am involved with politics today because of the inspiration I received from Ronald Reagan.
I think it's my interaction with journalists that has pegged me more as political than my actual records, although they have obviously political aspects to them as well.
I've been both a journalist and a politician, and I can tell you it is more fun to ask the questions than have to answer them.
I've worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.
Ever since I've become chairman, there have been profiles of me in People, George, The Washington Post, The Detroit News, and all of them could have been written by the same person.
About 25 years ago, I started out as a reporter covering politics. And that sort of just evolved into organized crime, because organized crime and politics were the same thing in Boston.
I almost became a political journalist, having worked as a reporter at the time of Watergate. The proximity to those events motivated me, when I wound up doing philosophy, to try to use it to move the public debate.