If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective.

Well, it seems to me Lincoln, I suppose, is kind of a model of a particular sort of presidency, a presidency that first of all is elected by a minority of the votes.

Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or maybe I will write a mystery story.

The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better than any other American president.

I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today.

I love mysteries, and I read them every night before I go to bed.

Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript, though maybe a teleprompter could have helped that!

Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day.

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

Maybe I'm a supernatural retard.

I've done a lot of films that have become iconic, not necessarily because of me.

They did type me as a horror writer, but I have been able to do all sorts of things within that framework.

Do not act following customary beliefs.

I may not have succeeded in halting the war, but I did secure the right of parliament to decide on war.

The difference between being a winner and being a loser is how you pick yourself up again, especially when you're down for the third or fourth or twentieth time!

OK, so truth hurts - but what else does truth do?

I had very low expectations. Honestly, I think I had 11 rounds of golf the entire year in before this tournament, and I had hit balls maybe four or five times.