You can't start out at 20 in whatever your profession is and say, "I want to win an Olympic medal," or "I want to become president," or "I want to win the Pulitzer Prize." If you love what you're doing,… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
When you are an historian, there's probably nothing that matters more than to be recognized by your colleagues in your own profession. I was lucky enough to win the Pulitzer Prize for History. I had to give a talk right… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
What I think I've learned is that you're never going to get it all right, and you can't obsess about having a fact wrong… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
People will love him (Theodore Roosevelt) for the enemies he has made. — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“This extreme treatment was among the proliferating regimens developed in response to the stunning increase in nervous disorders diagnosed around the turn of the… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“I could carve out of a banana a judge with more backbone than that,” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“Don’t hit till you have to; but, when you do hit, hit hard.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“After ministering each day to the hundreds of young men who had endured ghastly wounds, submitted to amputations without anesthesia, and often died without… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
The value that I found in interviewing was for an educational experience, just to know that history itself is subjective, that you can't say,… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
Excitement about things became a habit, a part of my personality, and the expectation that I should enjoy new experiences often engendered the enjoyment… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“All the cartoonists at heart liked him, and there was seldom or never anything bitter or really unfriendly in their portrayals of him; they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
