I feel that history is in many ways the most important of all subjects because it is about everything and because it's… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
If we think back through our own lives, the subjects that you liked best in school almost certainly were taught by the… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project. — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Take the teacher not the course. Find out who the great professors are - the great teachers - and take their courses… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Once I discovered the endless fascination of doing the research and of doing the writing, I knew I had found what I… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
We all know the old expression, "I'll work my thoughts out on paper." There's something about the pen that focuses the brain… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
History is about life. It's awful when the life is squeezed out of it and there's no flavor left, no uncertainties, no… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
I think it's best to pick a biographical subject who lives to a ripe old age. Older people tend to relax and… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
There are innumerable writing problems in an extended work. One book took a little more than six years. You, the writer, change… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to follow his… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Steamboats by this time were becoming a familiar presence on the rivers and coastal waters of America, but not until 1838 did steam-powered ships… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
I feel that history is in many ways the most important of all subjects because it is about everything and because it's about who… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Even mighty states and kingdoms are not exempted. If we look into history, we shall find some nations rising from contemptible beginnings and spreading… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
History isn't just what happened, but what happened to whom and why and what would have been different if the cast of characters had… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Only TR openly declared his love for the job. “Nobody ever enjoyed the presidency as I did,” he boasted, and by all evidence that… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“s ships Phoenix and Rose, in the company of three tenders, cast off their moorings at Staten Island and started up the harbor under… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“a people may let a King fall, yet still remain a people, but if a King let his people slip from him, he is… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Why limit yourself to the experience of your own relatively brief time on earth, according to your biological clock, when the whole realm of… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“He worked at a plain, tall desk at which he wrote standing up or perched on a high stool,” — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Nothing happens in isolation. Everything that happens has consequences. We” — David McCullough Copy Share Image
