“Politics is a literal game. Every word must represent a strict view - ...” — Michael Wolff Quote

“Politics is a literal game. Every word must represent a strict view - or be so abstract as to be meaningless.”

“More than any other president, save perhaps John F Kennedy, whose father ran a film studio, and Ronald Reagan, a leading man and governor of California, Trump is on a buddy basis with media moguls, a speed dialer with the heads of studios and media conglomerates.”

“Journalism has become a form of idealism. It is no longer, first and foremost, function, craft, service - it is mission.”

“I had never thought that I would be involved in narrative structures. As a young guy, I was more interested in abstract modeling. But as I got older, I began to see that there was no reason to limit myself to any intellectual or conceptual postulate, when in fact I'm a professional student of music.”

“I'm sad to admit that I have very, very few memories of my father because, not only did he die when I was very young, but he wasn't around a lot. My parents had separated when I was 4 or 5. I just have photographs that can trigger little abstract memories. So everything is a little bit made-up, and I feel a lot of sadness around it.”