Patton's personality was a complex one - he was obsessed with glory, but behind the ivory-hilted pistols, the egomania, the forbidding scowl,… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
T. E. Lawrence was far more than a glamorous, swashbuckling, heroic figure in flowing robes mounted on a camel, leading the Arab… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Few things are more painful than being a successful writer born in a small country with an impenetrable language. — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
From time to time, one imagined Bill Clinton had charisma, but it never really was more than an occasional false glare. — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
It strikes me that people want to be engaged, and that those who go into a bookstore in a time of crisis… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
I am a stupendously fast reader and always have been. I can read in at least three languages fluently and two languages… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment. — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
