“We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe it's always true any more. Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.”

“Right now, I'm very healthy. I have no vices left. Except sugary breakfast cereal. And absinthe, of course.”