Over The Long Run, Many Of Perry's

We Always Need To Remember That Behind Almost Every Great Moment In History, There Are Heroic People Doing Really Boring And Frustrating Things For A Prolonged Period Of Time.

It Is More A Mentality Than The Actual Places People Live, As Jefferson And Hamilton Would Argue About - City Versus Country. For Example, Someone Could Have An Empty Place Mentality Yet Be Living In A Condo In Boca Raton.

Unfortunately, He Was About As Deep As A Melted Ice Cube.

Until Eleanor Roosevelt, There Was Only One Or Two First Ladies In All Of American History Who Made An Impact, Who People Could Even Have Recognized Or Identified. And It's Really Only Been Since Jackie Kennedy That There's Been This Idea That The Family Life Of The President Is Such A Central Thing.

The High Point Was That The People Are Really Nice - Despite The Crazy Politics - And I Loved Being There. The Hardest Part Was Knowing Some Of The Things I Was Probably Going To Write About Texas Would Make Those Nice People Very Unhappy.