“I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our publ...” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote

“I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their public responsibilities.”

“We've got to figure out a way that we give a private sphere for our public leaders. We're not gonna get the best people in public life if we don't do that.”

“'The bully pulpit' is somewhat diminished in our age of fragmented attention and fragmented media.”

“We found that just by the way we stood, affected women dramatically, and if you look at our show, you'll see that we always stood with our legs open our fists on hips and our bat bulges forward, which had a profound effect on women!”

“I became personal friends with Erica Garner and with so many other families affected by police violence.”

“The inspiration behind '1950' was... gay history and the way that our people had to hide in public and how that affected the way that we love each other now.”