"I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities."

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"I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities."

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"I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist."

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"With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to follow his tracks in the war. When I got there, there was a certain satisfaction in finding I had it right - it does look like that."

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"When I read that the British army had landed thirty-two thousand troops - and I had realized, not very long before, that Philadelphia only had thirty thousand people in it - it practically lifted me out of my chair."

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"Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project."

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"First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past."

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"When I began, I thought that the way one should work was to do all the research and then write the book."

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"I love all sides of the work but that doesn't mean it isn't hard."

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"I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down."

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"The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind."

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