History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions.

It follows the seasons, beginning each year with the fond expectancy of springtime and ending with the hard facts of autumn.

History isn't really about the past - settling old scores. It's about defining the present and who we are.

I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now.

One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always a focus on the way characters live, and not just the male heroes.

Do something that will last and be beautiful. It doesn't have to be a bridge-or a symphony or book or a business. It could be the look in the eye of a child you raise or a simple garden you tend. Do something that will last and be beautiful.

By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of Jazz.