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.

I've been watching 'Game of Thrones,' and I can't wait for 'Bored to Death' to come back, it's one of my faves.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.'