For Obama to save himself, he should be thinking about the example of an unlikely Republican predecessor: Richard Nixon.

Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.

Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost.

Comedians and impressionists used to be two different showbiz animals entirely, but now there's no such thing as a comedian who doesn't do impressions.

Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.

There's no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things to come. There's only the present stagnation, followed by a slow decline.

I was wholeheartedly attracted to the conservative atmosphere that permeated the city of Washington.

I look at 'The New York Review of Books.' It's what it has been for 35 or 40 years, which is a highly sophisticated vehicle for anti-American self-hatred.

While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied - and to some extent overshadowed - by elevated and inspiring ideas about the American future.

Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.

The problem is that borrowing money to pay back more borrowed money that will oblige you in the future to borrow even more money doesn't sound kosher. Because it isn't.

Mentors change lives, but students change mentors’ lives more.

Everyone gets the devil he deserves.

If marriage is about deciding to love on a daily basis, I have woken up to a no-brainer every day since.

I used to love to make things - you couldn't drag me away for dinner because I was always writing a story or something.

It isn't common sense that is paramount in this world, it's wishful thinking.

Silence is my weapon, silence is my shield.

I am in love with Hope.

Activity is a sovereign remedy for the blues.

Friendship requires a steady, constant, and unchangeable character, a person that is uniform in his intimacy.

Sometimes guessing is the best you can do. In the real world, we guess all the time and it serves us well.