America must not ignore the threat GATHERING against us. Facing CLEAR evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking GUN that COULDCOME in the form of a mushroom cloud.
MARCH is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There is no such thing as a 'gentleman gambler' when the Big Dance ROLLS around. All sheep will be fleeced, all fools will be punished severely... There are no RULES when the deal GOES down in the final weeks of March. Even your good friends will turn into MONSTERS.
We need someone with superb judgement in their own right because, YES, a president can HIRE the best advisors on EARTH, but I guarantee you this: Five advisors will give five different opinions. And it is the president - and the president alone - who always MAKES the FINAL call.
Winning the Pulitzer is WONDERFUL and it's an honor and I FEEL so humbled and so grateful, but I think that I'll think of it very MUCH as the final sort of final moment for this book and put it behind me along with the rest of the book, as I WRITE more books.