When you have spent too much time with something, you may lose sight of what's marvelous about it.
When you're writing for the New York Times someone reading it knows the topic better than you do and knows when you've messed up.
I have blocks of time where I'm working intently on something.
It's much easier to hire really great people like that in New York and in Brooklyn in particular, than it is in Washington. 
I do think there will be winners and losers in the 21st century economy. 
I'm going to have a project-based life rather than a job-based life. 