“A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, ...” — Nathaniel Philbrick Quote

“A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get done.”

“In my early 20s, I was a big fan of Theodore Dreiser and might be one of the few people on the planet who have voluntarily read all his novels.”

“To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.”

“When I make criticism, it's constructive. It's not right only to focus on the negatives.”

“The constructive criticism that I take very seriously is from people I know and respect, and they don't have to be musicians. But I do have to know where they're coming from.”

“I think that looking forward it's easy to imagine more constructive help for Haiti.”