The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.

Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.

Neighbors are far better acoustic analyzers for determining the quality of their life versus any acoustic instrument left unattended by an expert.

Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress.

There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader.

Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would lock his eyes on to mine and keep them there.

Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?