My wife, the star I steer by.

Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It's accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know.

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.'

Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.

Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.

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

I feel that history is in many ways the most important of all subjects because it is about everything and because it's about who we are and how we came to be the way we are.