Some people are so famous that the legends about them and the cultural aftermath of their life altogether obscure the real human… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Frost was no match for Nixon - far from being an intrepid and challenging interviewer, he was a pushover for the great… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Peter Fleming was a famous English traveler, explorer and adventurer, whose non-fiction books were hugely successful. My father owned signed copies of… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
The rich and famous expect to get a lot for their story, whether they are writing it themselves or not. It's not… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Of course the rich and famous tend to have more going on in their lives than ordinary people, but they aren't always… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Hebron is a bone of contention between Israeli settlers and the Palestinians in part because Abraham is buried there, in the Tomb of the… — Michael Korda Copy Share
In 'Gran Torino,' Eastwood moves towards the climax of the movie not by staging a shoot-out, but by putting his weapons to one side… — Michael Korda Copy Share
Some people are so famous that the legends about them and the cultural aftermath of their life altogether obscure the real human being. — Michael Korda Copy Share
The advice I would offer to any writer is that even when you think you have revised your book to the point where you… — Michael Korda Copy Share
Citizens of Rome might boast that the claim of 'Civus romanus sum' set them apart from barbarians and slaves, and it was true up… — Michael Korda Copy Share
Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always… — Michael Korda Copy Share
Nothing is more difficult than to recreate in all its complexity than a distant age, and not only to get it right but make… — Michael Korda Copy Share
The American system demands success, and in order to succeed we must first believe that we can. Yet our society, with its intolerance of… — Michael Korda Copy Share
In my experience, with very few exceptions - I am, as it happens, one of the exceptions - the one thing that most editors… — Michael Korda Copy Share
We British and Americans have never been conquered and occupied by the Germans, or forced to make the choice between defiance and collaboration, or… — Michael Korda Copy Share
Ronald Reagan had a kind of shallow movie-star charisma - a combination of makeup and the skill of a good actor - but it… — Michael Korda Copy Share
The men who died at D-Day did not die shoulder-to-shoulder with their French comrades. They died to liberate the French from a sinister and… — Michael Korda Copy Share
