Personally, I've Decided To Stop Evolving.

I Think Even The Hollywood Money People Are Saying They've Got To Get The Party Back From The Clinton Wing. They Can't, You Know, Keep Nominating These Northeast Liberals. They Have To Look For People Who Can Win.

It Takes A Lot Of Adrenaline And Fear To Make Me Actually Write.

I Find Having A Column A Very Difficult Form Of Journalism. I'm Not A Natural Like Tom Friedman And Anna Quindlen.

We Are Riveted By The Soap Operas Of Public Lives. We Admire The Famous Most For What Makes Them Infamous: It Reassures Us That They Are Not Better And No Happier Than All The People With Their Noses Pressed Hard Against The Glass.

And As Far As Doing God's Work, I Think The Bankers Who Took Government Money And Then Gave Out Obscene Bonuses Are The Same Self-interested Sorts Jesus Threw Out Of The Temple.