The Most Interesting People Are Never Perfect.

The Preparations Were Elaborate And Mammoth In Scale, And Washington Threw Himself Into The Effort, Demanding That Not An Hour Be Lost.

People Often Ask Me If I'm Working On A Book. That's Not How I Feel. I Feel Like I Work In A Book. It's Like Putting Myself Under A Spell. And This Spell, If You Will, Is So Real To Me That If I Have To Leave My Work For A Few Days, I Have To Work Myself Back Into The Spell When I Come Back. It's Almost Like Hypnosis.

According To Adams, Jefferson Proposed That He, Adams, Do The Writing [pf The Declaration Of Independence], But That He Declined, Telling Jefferson He Must Do It. Why?" Jefferson Asked, As Adams Would Recount. Reasons Enough," Adams Said. What Can Be Your Reasons?" Reason First: You Are A Virginian And A Virginian Ought To Appear At The Head Of This Business. Reason Second: I Am Obnoxious, Suspected And Unpopular. You Are Very Much Otherwise. Reason Third: You Can Write Ten Times Better Than I Can.

We Should Draw On Our Story, We Should Draw On Our History. If We Don't Know Who We Are, If We Don't Know How We Became What We Are, We're Going To Start Suffering From All The Obvious Detrimental Effects Of Amnesia.

I Would Pay To Do What I Do If I Had To.