I love all sides of the work but that doesn't mean it isn't hard.

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When I began, I thought that the way one should work was to do all...

When I began, I thought that the way one should work was to do all...

You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history.

You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history.

When I read that the British army had landed thirty-two thousand troops - and I...

When I read that the British army had landed thirty-two thousand troops - and I...

No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read.

No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read.

There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you...

There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you...

I had been writing for about twelve years. I knew pretty well how you could...

I had been writing for about twelve years. I knew pretty well how you could...

I would pay to do what I do if I had to.

I would pay to do what I do if I had to.

The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where...

The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where...

I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good...

I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good...

People are so helpful. People will stop what they're doing to show you something, to...

People are so helpful. People will stop what they're doing to show you something, to...

May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

To go back and read Swift and Defoe and Samuel Johnson and Smollett and Pope...

To go back and read Swift and Defoe and Samuel Johnson and Smollett and Pope...

First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the...

First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the...

Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a...

Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a...

I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the...

I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the...

My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I...

My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I...

My next book is also set in the eighteenth century. It's about the Revolution, with...

My next book is also set in the eighteenth century. It's about the Revolution, with...

In time I began to understand that it's when you start writing that you really...

In time I began to understand that it's when you start writing that you really...

I love Dickens. I love the way he sets a scene.

I love Dickens. I love the way he sets a scene.

I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage...

I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage...