“John Kerry wants to be the hero in his own drama. He likes King Arthur...” — Douglas Brinkley Quote

“John Kerry wants to be the hero in his own drama. He likes King Arthur and the Round Table. He likes the young swashbuckling Churchill, and he loved the early antics of Theodore Roosevelt.”

“One of the things I learned in editing 'The Reagan Diaries' is to never say what Reagan would do, because he surprised people.”

“It is a long revisionist road up from the bottom for George W. Bush. He is ranked toward the bottom rung of presidents.”

“I've just written a very gritty, non-magical take on the King Arthur legend, 'Here Lies Arthur,' and I'm currently toying with some other historical ideas, as well as working with the illustrator David Wyatt on some sequels to my Victorian space opera 'Larklight.'”

“Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success.”

“I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I.”