If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity. Barbara W. Tuchman capacitydegreedoctoral Change image and share on social
The writer's object is - or should be - to hold the reader's attention. Barbara W. Tuchman attentionholdobject Change image and share on social
After the war, when my husband came home, we had two more children, and domesticity for a while prevailed combined with beginning the work I had always wanted to do, which was writing a book. Barbara W. Tuchman beginbookchild Change image and share on social
I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning until the end. Barbara W. Tuchman endpagereader Change image and share on social
When the children were very small, I worked in the morning only, and then gradually, as they spent full days at school, I could spend full days at work. Barbara W. Tuchman childdayfull Change image and share on social
If a man is a writer, everybody tiptoes around past the locked door of the breadwinner. But if you're an ordinary female housewife, people say, 'This is just something Barbara wanted to do; it's not professional.' Barbara W. Tuchman barbarabreadwinnerdoor share on social
