I read my first book on Woodrow Wilson at age 15, and I was hooked.

I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.

I like my subjects to be American, and not too dead, so I can interview people who knew them.

I am a compulsive worker. But I'm also a compulsive relaxer.

The successful editor is one who is constantly finding newwriters, nurturing their talents, and publishing them with critical and financial success.

Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.

I'm so blessed to have such enlightened parents. It must have been very hard to watch their able-bodied son lock himself up in his old room for most of his 20s.