I Trained Myself To Be Organized.

I Am Trying To Make Clear Through My Writing Something Which I Believe: That Biography- History In General- Can Be Literature In The Deepest And Highest Sense Of That Term.

I Deliberately Made An Effort Not To Become An Expert On The Ballet.

If Things Are Going Well, If The Writing's Coming Along, I Jump Out Of Bed Happy. And If The Previous Day Has Been Bad, I Get Out Of Bed Disgruntled.

I Don't Think Of My Books As Being Biographies. I Never Had Any Interest In Doing A Book Just To Write The Life Of A Great Man. I Had Zero Interest In That. My Interest Is In Power. How Power Works.

Power Doesn't Always Corrupt. Power Can Cleanse. What I Believe Is Always True About Power Is That Power Always Reveals.