I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down.
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 McCulloughThere are innumerable writing problems in an extended work. One book took a little more than six years. You, the writer, change in six years. The life around you changes. Your family changes. They grow up. They move away. The world is changing. You're also learning more about the subject. By the time you're writing the last chapters of the book, you know much more than you did when you started at the beginning.
David McCullough