The reality is that politicians, in terms of the amount of power they wield and the amount that they work, don’t actually make that much money. Beau Willimon Read Quote
In Washington, if you’re a congressman or a senator or the President, you make much more money than the average American, but you’d think that if you were the leader of the free world you’d be making major bank, and you don’t. Beau Willimon Read Quote
I was always a writer – working on campaigns was never a profession for me. It was something I did on the side, really, so the trajectory hasn’t been a political operative who likes to dabble in writing and finds himself into stumbling on film and TV – that was always my goal. Beau Willimon Read Quote
The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you’ve got to turn out the lights from time to time. Beau Willimon Read Quote
I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction. Beau Willimon Read Quote
We all experience power struggles in our lives – at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we’re all politicians. Beau Willimon Read Quote
Writing plays supplied for me everything that painting didn’t, which is the ability to tell stories in real time, in a real space, in three dimensions, in flesh and blood. I realized I had been trying to cram all this narrative into my paintings, but ultimately painting was a static medium. So it just opened up this whole new door. Beau Willimon Read Quote
There were many years when I was hand-to-mouth and didn’t know how I was gonna make rent. I’ve done every job under the sun, from busing tables, temping, and working in factories to SAT prep and detailing cars. So to be able to make a living where all I do is write is absolutely liberating. Beau Willimon Read Quote
The press don’t wake up in the morning simply to be a mouthpiece for pols – they’re out to uncover and expose news. That often is at odds with what politicians are setting out to do – it’s both symbiotic and antagonistic. They need each other, they work in concert with one another, they work against one another. Beau Willimon Read Quote
Richard III is not likeable. Macbeth is not likeable. Hamlet is not likeable. And yet you can’t take your eyes off them. I’m far more interested in that than I am in any sort of likeability. Beau Willimon Read Quote
