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A lot of times when people are on campaigns, it can be like a movie set.

Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of public rejection.

When a campaign doesn't go my way, I always take a step back, look at the facts, and try to figure out what we could learn from that experience.

I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.

Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons.

I think I know a lot about campaigns.

People need a narrative, and if there isn't one on offer, they make one up.

My family has been around campaigns for a long time. It's something you really have to be sure that you alone want to do. Because if not, if you don't want to do it, that will just blow through the surface at some point, and people can tell. And when people can tell, it's all over.

People are moping around and I think campaigns can be about lifting the spirits of the American people.

One of the things about politics, when you're actually there, you realize, you're on a high wire and there is no net under you. On any given day, your campaign can implode for something that happens inadvertently or even intentionally.