My husband and I were so closely united by our affection and our common work that we passed nearly all of our time together.
As a journalist, you sort of grind away, taking rejections as they come, building on whatever advances you've achieved.
I don't think of Bush as a particularly angry person - if anything, he has a facility for not harboring grudges, for letting things roll off of his back after momentarily bristling.
I don't want to paint myself as some kind of saint - that would be laughable - but I do think I've been able over the years to write humanely about subjects who are controversial and even contemptible. I've profiled pedophiles, stalkers, serial rapists, prison gang members and corrupt politicians.
Bush always has viewed himself as an "activist," which flies in the face of some conservative notions, such as the federal government's role in education.
Bush made a point of emphasizing to me that unlike his father's administration, his was one of significant "walk-in access" to the Oval Office.
Bush told me, he doesn't watch TV. . . though it's untrue that he doesn't read the newspapers.
We must suit the flattery to the mind and taste of the recipient. We do not put essences into hogsheads, nor porter into phials. Delicate minds may be disgusted by compliments that would please a grosser intellect; as some fine ladies who would be shocked at the idea of a dram will not refuse a liqueur.
Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
Unless something happens that we can't predict, I don't think a lot will happen
I think you have to grieve the loss of youth before you can claim the joy on the other side of it.