I think that we need history as much as we need bread or water or love.

My strong feeling is that we must learn more about how we learn. I'm convinced that we learn by struggling to find the solution to a problem on our own with some guidance, but getting in and getting our hands dirty and working it.

The past after all is only another name for someone else's present.

I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down.

I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something higher for which to live.

You can't learn to play the piano without playing the piano, you can't learn to write without writing, and, in many ways, you can't learn to think without thinking. Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard.

My wife, the star I steer by.