Nothing is inevitable in life. People make choices, and those choices have results, and we all live with the results.

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

My first book was the book that changed my life.

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

Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best.

During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history.

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.