“It's a very good historical book about history.” — Dan Quayle Quote

“It's a very good historical book about history.”

“I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.”

“The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.”

“We should develop anti-satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in 'Red Storm Rising'.”

“What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.”

“We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.”

“They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.”

“I was scared when I went to Conde Nast. I had heard horror stories about how they used you up and then spit you out and went on. But there was this great history of photography that had been done there.”

“A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'”

“The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.”

“Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads.”

“Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at the same time as creating our fictional characters and, hopefully, telling a good story. The challenge is weaving the fiction into the history.”