The writer's object is - or should be - to hold the reader's attention.

Wisdom - meaning judgment acting on experience, common sense, available knowledge, and a decent appreciation of probability.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

Books are humanity in print.

For me, the card catalog has been a companion all my working life. To leave it is like leaving the house one was brought up in.

An essential element for good writing is a good ear: One must listen to the sound of one's own prose.

The poets have familiarized more people with history than have the historians.