A leader must look and act the part.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind.

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

I love to go to the places where things happen. I like to walk the walk and see how the light falls and what winter feels like.

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.

It was an utterly phenomenal achievement.