Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if you're willing to go far enough in order to get as much of it as you can. Beau Willimon buyfinitelimit Change image and share on social
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 eyehamletiii Change image and share on social
In the best possible scenario, whenever you get notes from people, they're good notes, and they see things that you wouldn't have seen otherwise, and they make you a better writer. Beau Willimon goodmakenote Change image and share on social
I don't think that Washington is a fundamentally bad or corrupt place. Beau Willimon badcorruptfundamentally Change image and share on social
The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality. Beau Willimon autocraticbalancecheck Change image and share on social
Is self-interest a bad thing? We want our leaders to be pure and good, but at the same time we want them to be effective, and to be effective you often have to be ruthless and not bound by ideology or the same morals that we pretend to hold ourselves to. Beau Willimon badbindeffective share on social
You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the silver screen or the HD flat screen. Beau Willimon brainflatscreen Change image and share on social
When you have both parties who will not find ways to compromise, who won't meet in the middle, you have paralysis. It's the perversion of idealism. Beau Willimon compromisefindidealism Change image and share on social
I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction. Beau Willimon eyefictionlife Change image and share on social
At home I mostly stick to online Scrabble, or chess or Risk - games I find far less addictive than the spectacular games created for consoles these days. But, whenever I get the chance, I head over to my friend Kyri's house to play his PS3. Beau Willimon addictivechancechess share on social