People who face too many demands - two careers, two children - often scale back somehow. The Obamas scaled up.

Michelle Obama has gone from political skeptic to political partner to a woman with a White House agenda of her own, and an approval rating higher than the president's.

I've learned that the best political reporters never make predictions!

The prospect that I could actually be a journalist triggered a 'Who do you think you are?' reaction in me. It was only in going to law school and being unhappy there that I realized that I really, really had to try it.

I really like raw connections, and so I've always had a harder time in politics because I feel there's a lot of veneer around everything.

If the BJP government, like the Congress party, had asked what were the numbers on the fraction of people under a particular income, would I have not told them the truth? I would have told them exactly. I would have been as willing.

It would be a tragedy for democracy if dissent goes away.

Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.