May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof. David McCullough honestmanroof Change image and share on social
I had been writing for about twelve years. I knew pretty well how you could find things out, but I had never been trained in an academic way how to go about the research. David McCullough academicfindknow Change image and share on social
First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past. David McCullough argumentlivemake Change image and share on social
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. David McCullough accountbookentire share on social
I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down. David McCullough awarebookdistraction Change image and share on social
To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is. David McCullough aliveartcivic Change image and share on social
I love Dickens. I love the way he sets a scene. David McCullough dickenlovescene Change image and share on social
To go back and read Swift and Defoe and Samuel Johnson and Smollett and Pope - all those people we had to read in college English courses - to read them now is to have one of the infinite pleasures in life. David McCullough backcollegecourse share on social
My next book is also set in the eighteenth century. It's about the Revolution, with the focus on the year 1776. It's about Washington and the army and the war. It's the nadir, the low point of the United States of America. David McCullough americaarmybook share on social
History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are. David McCullough guidehistorynavigation Change image and share on social
