History isn't just what happened, but what happened to whom and why and what would have been different if the cast of characters had been different.

There is a human longing to go back to other times. We all know how when we were children we asked our parents, "What was it like when you were a kid?" I think it probably has something to do with our survival as a species.

Napoleon could never imagine that some people loved their country as much as he loved his own.

I'm absolutely positive it's in our human nature to want to know about the past. The two most popular movies of all time, while not historically accurate, are about core historic events: 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Titanic.'

I am adamant that we must not cut back on funding of the teaching of the arts in the schools: music, painting, theater, dance, all of it. The great thing about the arts is that the only way you learn how to do it is by doing it.

There's no such thing as a foreseeable future.

If everyone is special, then no one is. If everyone gets a trophy, trophies become meaningless.