I learned more about history and literature in the used bookstores in DC than in college libraries.

Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said no.

Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history.

John Kerry wants to be the hero in his own drama. He likes King Arthur and the Round Table. He likes the young swashbuckling Churchill, and he loved the early antics of Theodore Roosevelt.

I think Ronald Reagan is what happened....The age of Reagan brought conservatism into the mainstream....It also brought us the beginning of the new media-talk radio, the internet, cable television.

I have a lot of books I want to write.

Over the past four decades no reporter has critiqued the American South with such evocative sensitivity and bedrock honesty as Curtis Wilkie.

Animals interest me more than anything else.

If you're a Kennedy and you go to Italy or you go to Argentina, you're treated as royalty. And in the United States, we're endlessly fascinated by the family.

I feel like I'm always learning from people.

Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn't like to have enemies around him.

The farmer's way of saving money: to be owed by someone he trusted.

When one has not had a good father one must create one.

People smile at me as if they know me. I just smile back. They probably might know me.

The recent wave of Taliban attacks has made clear that the international community must not waiver in its support for a stable, secure and prosperous Afghanistan.

When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him, and he would make me walk back and forth in the living room until I walked without it.

I hope one of my fans has one of your kids shot: and blames it on acid, prozac, and slipknot.

Even though the means of production are more available than ever, I think the true expertise is as rare as ever.

Labels are distancing phenomena. They push us away from each other.

Sometimes you have to disclaim your country and inhabit another before you can return to your own.

Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound.