It would be morally reprehensible not to tell the truth... Everything I have written has stood the test of time.

Kennedy was haunted by the Bay of Pigs invasion but carried the country through the Cuban Missile Crisis. He later increased the number of U.S. military advisers to South Vietnam to more than 16,000.

Once I decide to do something, I can't have people telling me I can't. If there's a roadblock, you jump over it, walk around it, crawl under it.

JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too.

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

The difference between authorized and unauthorized biographies is the difference between riding in carriage or squatting in steerage.

Studies have been done showing that there really are gender differences, that women do bring more congeniality and compromise to the table.

People forget that unauthorized does not mean untrue and authorized does not mean authentic.

Presidents often disappoint, but first ladies rarely do.

There's still time for redemption if I live long enough, don't you think?

I would love to do an unauthorized biography about Congress. It's like a secret society up there.

Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about.

you have to look at life, feel it, face it, and deal with it.

Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me.

Unless we take action on climate change, future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and grilled.

I knew no one who'd ever been in the public eye.

Make your "yes" mean yes, and your "no" mean no.

Theatre just fills me up so much.

The world will never discover a person who is hiding in the crowd.

We are funny creatures. We don't see the stars as they are, so why do we love them? They are not small gold objects, but endless fire.

Shift from judgment to compassion to love.