I think a biography is only as interesting as the lives and times it illuminates.

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

I said, ‘There’s one idea I’ve been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It’s Woodrow Wilson.’

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

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.

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.