I Don't Think Of My Books As

I Never Wanted To Do Biography Just To Tell The Life Of A Famous Man. I Always Wanted To Use The Life Of A Man To Examine Political Power, Because Democracy Shapes Our Lives

I Was Trying To Learn About Lyndon Johnson When He Was Young And Creating His First Political Machine In The Texas Hill Country. I Moved There For Three Years. You Had To Learn That World

I Try To Have A Mood Or A Rhythm For A Chapter.

I Write From Seven To About Noon. I Used To Try To Write Longer, But I Read And I Found That I Was Always Getting Myself Tired By Working In The Afternoon And Then I Was Just Throwing Out What I Wrote In The Afternoon, So Writing Then Was Counterproductive.

Power Doesn't Always Corrupt. Power Can Cleanse. What I Believe Is Always True About Power Is That Power Always Reveals.