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

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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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick?...

The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick?...

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...

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...

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 me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of...

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of...

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

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

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...

People ask me when I start one of these projects, what is your theme? I...

People ask me when I start one of these projects, what is your theme? I...

With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War...

With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War...

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...

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 work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out...

I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out...