Real success is finding your lifework in the worth that you love.

Quote by David McCullough

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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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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?...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...