I've stopped reading fiction. I don't read it at all. I read other things: history, biography. I don't have the same interest in fiction that I once did. Philip Roth biographyfictionhave Change image and share on social
Europe has such an expansive history. Bill Engvall europeexpansivehistory Change image and share on social
There's always a part of your nation's history that you haven't been told that... has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe. Barbara Kingsolver behavehistoryimpact Change image and share on social
In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us. T. Boone Pickens americaenergyhave Change image and share on social
Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney. Mickey Spillane authorchimneycome Change image and share on social
Other places are also generators of far-flung violence beyond their own borders - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are obvious examples - but none has as long a history of war, resistance, and terror as Chechnya. Stephen Kinzer arabiaborderchechnya share on social
It's possible there are no two books in publishing history more dissimilar than 'Human Traces' and 'Devil May Care.' And that was really the attraction of it. Sebastian Faulks attractionbookcare Change image and share on social
There is an almost anti-epicurean tradition at the very base of America. For much of the middle part of American history, people who wanted to overcome that went to France. Ruth Reichl americaamericananti Change image and share on social
The twentieth century may tell us that we have nothing to be complacent about in the recent history of humankind; but it also tells us that there is nothing inevitable about tyranny. Rowan Williams centurycomplacenthistory Change image and share on social
I think humans have always wrestled with the Divine Idea - an idea that unites and separates, creates and destroys, consoles and terrifies. Throughout human history, it is an idea that seems sometimes to have caused whole populations to rise up and slaughter one another. Robert Winston causeconsolecreate share on social
