I Think That's Still What The American

I Think If I Were Reading To A Grandchild, I Might Read Tolstoy's War And Peace. They Would Learn About Russia, They Would Learn About History, They Would Learn About Human Nature. They Would Learn About, "can The Individual Make A Difference Or Is It Great Forces?" Tolstoy Is Always Battling With Those Large Issues. Mostly, A Whole World Would Come Alive For Them Through That Book.

You Can't Start Out At 20 In Whatever Your Profession Is And Say, "i Want To Win An Olympic Medal," Or "i Want To Become President," Or "i Want To Win The Pulitzer Prize." If You Love What You're Doing, It's Sort Of A Nice Thing That Happens Toward The End Of Your Career, Or In The Middle Of Your Career. It Is Not The Reason You Were Doing It. The Reason You Were Doing It Is Because Every Day You Wake Up In The Morning And You Can't Wait To Learn Something New.

I'd Like To Think That What My Style Of Writing Is, Is An Attempt Not So Much To Judge The Characters That I'm Writing About, To Expose Them, To Label Them, To Stereotype Them, But Instead To Make Them Come Alive For The Reader With All Their Strengths And Their Flaws Intact.

It Took Me Five Years On Lyndon Johnson, Ten Years On The Kennedys, Six Years On The Roosevelts. Inevitably, You Get Shaped By The People That You're Thinking About During That Period Of Time.

A Lot Of Times When People Are On Campaigns, It Can Be Like A Movie Set.