In My Family In Particular, I Think,

I Never Thought I'd Be Doing Poetry Books. I Never Really Studied Poetry. But The First One I Did Was After My Mother Died, And I Realized That People Sort Of Think And Talk About Her Style And Fashion, But In Fact, What Made Her The Person She Was Was Really Her Love Of Reading And Ideas.

I've Been A Democrat All My Life.

It Is Not Easy To Stand Up Against Your Constituents Or Your Friends Or Colleagues Or Your Community And Take A Tough Stand For Something You Believe Is Right. Because You Always Want To Keep Working And Live To Fight Another Battle And It Might Cost You Your Career.

Well, The Role Of Money In Politics Is Pretty Corrupting Right Now.

The Happiest Years Of My Mother's Life Were Spent In Washington, D.c. It Was Where She Met My Father, Where John Was Born And Where I Spent My Earliest Years.