The writer's object is - or should be - to hold the reader's attention. Barbara W. Tuchman attentionholdobject 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 I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity. Barbara W. Tuchman capacitydegreedoctoral 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
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
