It's hard to know exactly how people develop the characters they do. There could be people from humble beginnings that turn into… — David Maraniss Character Copy Share Image
And then the industry itself was so cocky about what they were doing that they weren't seeing what was coming on the… — David Maraniss Building Copy Share Image
You also had in Detroit that summer, an early variation of Ferguson. A black prostitute was shot in the back by police.… — David Maraniss Black Copy Share Image
Originally, John Kennedy was going to come speak, and then Lyndon Johnson. Because it was October of '62, neither made it because… — David Maraniss Crisis Copy Share Image
So, I mean, there's still vast swaths of the city that are suffering from a lack of jobs and poor housing and… — David Maraniss Art Copy Share Image
I want my books to last, to stand the test of time, and to do that I focus on the forces that… — David Maraniss Book Copy Share Image
It was a time of uncommon possibility and freedom, when Detroit created wondrous and lasting things. But life can be luminescent when… — David Maraniss Detroit Copy Share Image
And that John F. Kennedy uttered the first variation of "ask not what your country can do for you" in Detroit on… — David Maraniss 1960s Copy Share Image
Well, there is something beautiful about ruins. I mean, in one sense it's not that different from going to Rome and looking… — David Maraniss Beautiful Copy Share Image
It was so crucial to the Civil Rights Movement that on June 23, 1963, Martin Luther King came to town, walked down… — David Maraniss Avenues Copy Share Image
Well, there were several things. One was that the industry itself built in Detroit was abandoning the city - taking factories elsewhere,… — David Maraniss Built Copy Share Image
It is?classic Bill Clinton, sincere and deceptive at the same time, requiring a careful reading between the lines. — David Maraniss Between the lines Copy Share Image
My favorites are Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, but those are a little off in terms of getting Detroit right on the… — David Maraniss Cities Copy Share Image
“Go about your work with a quiet confidence that cannot be shake...No matter what happens, remember if you have faith as a… — David Maraniss Confidence Copy Share Image
Detroit was an exaggeration of what was going on across the country. You could see the divisions, even within the Civil Rights… — David Maraniss Addresses Copy Share Image
There was a precarious balance during those crucial months between composition and decomposition - what the world gained and what a great… — David Maraniss Balance Copy Share Image
I look for two things when I am about to launch into a book. First, there has to be a dramatic arc… — David Maraniss Arcs Copy Share Image
“The time was ordinary, 24 seconds, but the victory was historic. From that crowded little red house in Clarksville, out of an… — David Maraniss Children Copy Share Image
It seemed that I could tell the whole story pretty powerfully in those 18 months between October of '62 and the spring… — David Maraniss Demise Copy Share Image
And all of the big shots of the car industry are there, strutting their stuff. And that year, they're feeling especially good… — David Maraniss Big shots Copy Share Image
Natural politicians are skilled actors, recreating reality, adjusting and ad-libbing, synthesizing the scenes, saying the same thing over and over again and… — David Maraniss Actors Copy Share Image
Well, here you had a city that was selling more cars than ever before, that had this wondrous music being created, that… — David Maraniss Car Copy Share Image
I said that I'm only there to write the truth, I'm not going to cover anything up, but I'll put everything in… — David Maraniss I can Copy Share Image
