I Went To Graduate School At Harvard

I Am One Of Those People Who Thrive On Deadlines. Nothing Brings On Inspiration More Readily Than Desperation.

I Happened Upon A Memoir By A Midlevel White House Staffer, And He Had Been In The Room That [nixon's Last] Night [in Office]. This Guy's Memoir Told Me What Nixon's Last Words Were. And They Were, On August 8, 1974, To The Crew: "have A Merry Christmas, Fellas!" That Was Just So Bizarre.

If You're Going To Do Something That Lasts 90 Minutes, You Can't Really Do It With Stick Figures.

There Were Really Funny Characteristics About This Guy [richard Nixon], Chief Of Which Would Be That He Seemed To Devote About 85 Percent Of His Waking Energy To Suppressing Any Sign Of His Emotional Response To Anything That Was Going On Around Him, And The Other 15 Percent Blurting Out Those Authentic Responses In The Silliest And Most Inopportune Ways. And He Had These Smiles That Would Come At The Most Inappropriate Times - Just Flashes That There Was An Inner Life Screaming To Get Out.

I Have A Very Strong Visual Memory Of The First Time I Made Him Laugh. That Was Remarkable. I Was Like, "oh, God, I Just Made Jack Benny Laugh."