I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and commute.

It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had.

Hemingway said the only way to write about a place is to leave it.

Even though I may not intend it when I set out to write the book, these places just emerge as major players in what I'm doing, almost as if they are insisting on it.

We want diversity in the cabinet. We want diversity reflected throughout the government.

Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country.

I think few people of education enter politics because it seems like a contact blood sport.

More dangerous than voting for change... is that people no longer vote because they have lost trust not only in governments but in democracy.