We've Got To Figure Out A Way

When I Look At What A Writer Owes To The Reader, It's Critical To Know That Everything You're Writing About Is Not Made Up In Your Head. I Feel That Unless You Can Document And Be Certain About What It Is That You're Writing About, The Reader Is Going To Lose Faith In Your Own Integrity.

The Past Is Not Simply The Past, But A Prism Through Which The Subject Filters His Own Changing Self-image.

What Interested Me Most About The Kennedys Was The Family Situation. Somehow, They Had Created This Family That Lasted Over Time, They Had A Sense Of Connection To One Another. Especially Now, When People Are Spread All Over The Country And They Don't See Grandparents And Parents, This Family Bonded Together.

They All Start Competing Against Lincoln As The Greatest President. And The [library] Building Becomes The Symbol, The Memorial To That Dream.

I Keep Thinking That History Runs In Cycles, And That Some Day Certain Large Issues Will Come Before The Country Again. There Will Be Leaders That Inspire Young People. I Don't Think It Means That It's Over Forever, But I'm Getting Pretty Impatient. I'm Hoping It Comes Soon, So That My Young People Can Know That Experience That We Knew In The '60s, And That The World War Ii Generation Knew During The '40s.