So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort.
I understand that, for some, everything is political.
I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.
Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.
I hope that in my books there's an undertone of politics, basic tenets of how we should live.
I feel that if I am freed of the burden of politics, then I can do more and I can take more unpopular decisions. I can have as my guidance for decision whatever is right, not whatever is popular.
In every country, politics is considered to be a waste of time.
You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you.
Politics is never about the people. It's about money. And wars. And how many heads you can step on and bodies you can step over. And I'm just not that kind of person.
Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal.