Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

The only joy I had was writing what was. That book was. It no longer amuses me to be all the things I was when I wrote that. But it is my story as I was then.

I think at the age of 50, everyone should write their own autobiography.

I've always been really uninterested in politicians and the acts of the Houses of Parliament, or government as an idea. But I'm interested in politics in that I'm a member of the world, and I have strong feelings of right and wrong, but I can't get into the ins and outs of it.

I've never felt powerful enough to write a true political novel, or deeply knowledgeable enough to draw a character like, say, Tolstoy's Prince Kutuzov.

The challenge in working in politics, particularly if you're working for a political party, is that everyone's a messenger.

The further you go, what, I'm gonna wait til I'm 80? Naw, I'm tellin' my story now. I was just moved. I was moved to tell my story. You know? People write books all the time.

At Harvard College, I discovered political philosophy as a way of life.

When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social end of things which hinges on the political, but it isn't really part of it.

I never thought of politics as a profession.

I got into writing and thinking about politics because I was told there would be no math.

I hate politics. I like to write about it, but to get involved in it, to try and make a lot of ignorant people do what you want them to do, waste of time. Go and write a book. It's more important and it'll last longer.

I grew up in an apolitical household. I never left the country. When I became an adult, I started traveling and became interested in politics, and I probably talked about things in a silly, ignorant way.

I liked Nixon fine, but Nixon was not a partier.

The future belongs to Conservatives. They are younger, they are more energetic, they dominate the party caucuses, they dominate the nominating process. They are committed to ideas, not simply personal aggrandizement or title.

I will never retire from politics, the revolution, or the ideas I have.

I was quite young when my dad went into politics but, as it went on, I became self-conscious about it.

I have a friend who's extremely into politics, and I learned a lot from them.

Politics hasn't changed, but I've changed.

For me, politics is personal because it's my family, and just being aware of my thoughts - are my thoughts productive?

I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about character.

A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.

I never thought I would write an autobiography, probably because my first novel, Go Now, is really all drawn from my life, even though it's more about the psychology going on.

I'm writing my biography. It's my business. This is what happened in my life, and I'm writing about it.

Tonight I am going with my wife to a Democratic party, where we're going to...try to be happy.

A group called the Texas Tea Party Patriots is hosting a debate next month where Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain will go head to head, while people watching that will go head to pillow.