03/19/2007
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"I think that what one of the jobs of political leaders going forward is, is to tell a better story about what binds us together as a people."
"Fiction was useful as a reminder of the truths under the surface of what we argue about every day and was a way of seeing and hearing the voices, the multitudes of this country."
"I'm not sure yet. I'll have to see when I start writing the next book."
"But even I was not crazy enough to suggest that during these 8 years we would see the Cubs win the World Series."