Pat Nixon was called the Mona Lisa of American politics. She never wrote anything. Her interviews tell us nothing.

I definitely love history. I'm not formally trained or educated in history, but you could say I did go back to college in 2008 to do Untold History of the United States. That took five years. Co-author Peter Kuznick has been teaching history for something like 35 years, at American University and other places. His group of researchers brought me into contact with a lot of books.

For some reason, television still bores me. Even the best shows.

I look at Homer and The Odyssey and all the disparate adventures this guy goes through, and then he returns home and the question is, is he the same man who left?

I don't want to make a half-assed film. It's not my area of expertise.

Conspiracy nut, leftist, madman. These are terms of dismissal so you don't have to listen to the argument. It would be healthier and more fun to hear what someone has to say.

I am a storyteller, and I do love ideas.