There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you just have to stop, and start writing.
David McCulloughIf you get down about the state of American culture, just remember there are still more public libraries in this country than there are McDonalds.
David McCulloughWe should draw on our story, we should draw on our history. If we don't know who we are, if we don't know how we became what we are, we're going to start suffering from all the obvious detrimental effects of amnesia.
David McCulloughWhen you start to write, things begin to come into focus in a way they don't when you're not writing. It's a very good way to find out how much you don't know because you learn specifically what you need to know that you don't know at the moment by writing.
David McCullough