The first step to get people interested in history is to wonder how things could have been different.

What's interesting is that when you get into the post-war period, many of the narratives in books and movies conclude that if you killed Hitler, you're actually going to make history worse.

If you're a website and you want to get attention, you can Hiterlize anything.

Maturity dare to be the first to shine as a light in the dark.

You find out that the universe is a system that creeps up on itself and says 'Boo' and then laughs at itself for jumping.

There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side : the fear of a defeat on the useful side.

It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of.

We often feel paralyzed by choice and make no choice. But the thing is, no choice is a choice. If you’re not doing something about it, you’re doing something about it.

Men rush to arms for slight causes, or no cause at all, and once taken up there is no longer any respect for law, divine or human.

I love singing and that's kind of my new thing.

Both my mother and I have close groups of friends that include other writers, and these friendships are very important to us.

I know that's the sort of thing people say and I really hate it when people say the sort of things people say. I always think, 'You don't mean that, you just think it sounds good.

There were many things I could do for two or three days and earn enough money to live on for the rest of the month. By temperament I'm a vagabond and a tramp.