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Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.

In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.

If giving money to a politician prejudiced my ability to think and write honestly, I wouldn't do it. Fortunately, it doesn't.

Ambition, of course, is the politician's currency.

I am not a politician.

I'm not a politician.

Politicians are better liars than writers.

The worst thing for a politician is to try and cling to power by every possible means, and focus only on that.

I try not to change my political point of view from paper to paper.

This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.