I'd like to ask Eleanor Roosevelt what she regrets most, because I think that might reveal something that I didn't catch on to while I was writing my book and, hopefully, that would start a conversation. — Russell Freedman Copy Share Image
I visited the archeological site at the northern tip of Newfoundland. There is no question about it. It has been definitely determined that the… — Russell Freedman Copy Share
Anyone writing a picture-book biography of Lincoln has a different set of responsibilities from someone writing a biography for sixth-graders, say, or from a… — Russell Freedman Copy Share
If you're doing a good job as author, then you get the reader to engage in whatever speculation might be called for. And it's… — Russell Freedman Copy Share
I get letters from two kinds of readers. History buffs, who love to read history and biography for fun, and then kids who want… — Russell Freedman Copy Share
You always want to know what happened before you. It's a human instinct to know where you came from and what preceded you. — Russell Freedman Copy Share
The first encounter was when the Vikings came across 10 Indians taking naps under their overturned canoes - and the Vikings killed them. That… — Russell Freedman Copy Share
“By the end of 1914, after less than five months of combat, more than 600,000 soldiers on both sides had been killed on the Western Front.” — Russell Freedman Copy Share
I like to write about things that fascinate me because I believe that they will also fascinate my readers as well. — Russell Freedman Copy Share
I sensed that Confucius is an interesting character. This is someone who lived over 2,500 years ago and is still speaking to us. That… — Russell Freedman Copy Share
“Batteries of machine guns firing point-blank at assaulting troops could turn an infantry attack into a mass suicide.” — Russell Freedman Copy Share
I didn't learn Chinese to write 'Confucius.' That would've been a monumental task. I have three friends who can translate Chinese text for me;… — Russell Freedman Copy Share
“I have mo prejudice against the Southern people... They are just what we would ben in their situation. If slavery did not now exits… — Russell Freedman Copy Share
“In the first days of mobilization there was of course a lot of enthusiasm,” recalled Robert Poustis, who was a French student at the… — Russell Freedman Copy Share
I think that today's books, in which every quote, every conversation, is taken from a memoir, an autobiography, an interview, or what-have-you, are much… — Russell Freedman Copy Share
Thomas Jefferson once said, "Women shouldn't wrinkle their pretty little foreheads with politics." Now does that mean he was a sexist, or was he… — Russell Freedman Copy Share
