In the 'Dreamblood' books, I'm focusing more on what I like about epic fantasy: the layering and depth of tension; the chance to really delve into the minutia of an alternate society and its politics; a large cast of characters to love and hate.
Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.
I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.
Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism, it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism, altruism, and sainthood.
American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.
Real politics is messy and morally ambiguous and doesn't make for a compelling thriller.
We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.
The typical American citizen is the business man. The typical business man is a bad citizen; he is busy. If he is a 'big business man' and very busy, he does not neglect; he is busy with politics, oh, very busy and very businesslike.
The largest untapped constituency in American politics are the 300 million American citizens who have been completely left out of the immigration debate.
When you work in the White House you talk to the White House staff all day, so you're talking to the guy who handles the congressional liaison and the guy who's handling domestic politics and the guy who's handling the American economy and so forth.
Immigration is as much about the American experience and the values we share, and a lot more about economics than it is about politics.
A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long.
Nobody in a leadership level in American politics is trying to inspire the American people. Everybody needs to be goosed. The vast majority of people are not self-starters.
Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president.
Politics is a rough and tumble business, and yet there seems to be an effort by the commentariat to sanitise American politics to some type of high-level Victorian debating society.
Momentum has always counted for something, not everything, but it's always perceived as being something that matters in American politics.
Friends, there is no Left in American politics.
The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime.
