“While writing books about the past, I think about the present. It's no...” — Rick Perlstein Quote

While writing books about the past, I think about the present. It's not intentional, but somehow my books end up being written under the sign of a political mood.

In American religious history, theological qualms tend to get pushed aside when politics intervenes.

Ronald Reagan never did much to make abortion illegal. He did, however, deliver videotaped greetings, fulsome in praise for his hosts, to antiabortion rallies on the Mall.

There's a certain kind of cultural energy pursued by the gatekeepers of elite discourse, who want to argue that Americans fundamentally agree with each other, and that's the health of the nation.

I have been very intentional about being very meticulous about everything I put my name on.

My privacy is very intentional.

You have to be intentional about slowing down and not rushing to your next meeting.

Continual, intentional, or snarky putdowns have no place in a healthy relationship.

Everything in a novel has to be intentional, even the things that aren't.