To Write Is To Think, And To

My Shorthand Answer Is That I Try To Write The Kind Of Book That I Would Like To Read. If I Can Make It Clear And Interesting And Compelling To Me, Then I Hope Maybe It Will Be For The Reader.

There Are No People On Earth In Whom A Spirit Of Enthusiastic Zeal Is So Readily Kindled, And Burns So Remarkably, As Americans

The Talent, Including The Talent For History - And I Do Think There Are People Who Just Have A Talent For It, The Way You Have A Talent For Public Speaking Or Music Or Whatever - It Shouldn't Be Allowed To Lie Dormant. It Should Be Brought Alive.

I Love Dickens. I Love The Way He Sets A Scene.

I Am Adamant That We Must Not Cut Back On Funding Of The Teaching Of The Arts In The Schools: Music, Painting, Theater, Dance, All Of It. The Great Thing About The Arts Is That The Only Way You Learn How To Do It Is By Doing It.