“Yeah, I shoot my mouth off. There's a huge difference between writing and thinki…” — Seymour Hersh

I happen to write a lot of stories that make Kissinger look bad. I'd rather that the stories weren't true, but they all happen to be true.

I sometimes think that we underestimate Trump, but that's just my opinion. I always like to tack the other way, I guess.

Using words to make other people less big made me feel bigger, though the psychological dimension to that... well, I don't want to explore it.

I came out of a lower-middle-class background. At that time, everyone used to define themselves: Stalinist, Maoist, whatever. I thought they meant 'miaowist'. Seriously! Something to do with cats.