Beau Willimon Life Quotations

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.

Real leaders have to live a paradoxical life, where they must break the rules in order to maintain them. If your expectations are high, you're setting yourself up for disillusionment. The land of governance is paved with gray streets, not black or white ones.

The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.

I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.