Stephen Ambrose

You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.

The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.