The Value That I Found In Interviewing

I Am A Historian. With The Exception Of Being A Wife And Mother, It Is Who I Am. And There Is Nothing I Take More Seriously.

I Think Some People Who Go Into Public Life, If They Go In Needing The Applause Of Thousands, They're Never Going To Work Out Successfully In The End, Because They Don't Know Who They Are Apart From The Crowds.

I Really Believe That What Happens One Day Affects The Next, And I Think That Came From That Experience Of Learning That If I Told The Score Inning By Inning, Play By Play, It Built Up To Its Natural Climax.

Even Though Lyndon Johnson's Presidency Was In Many Ways Scarred Forever By The War In Vietnam, And Destroyed In A Lot Of Ways, He - As A Character - Was Even Larger Than His Presidency. Being Able To Get To Know Him Well, That Firsthand Relationship With This Large Character, I Think Is What Drew Me To Writing Books About Presidents.

Perhaps No American Family-with The Possible Exception Of The Adams Family-has Had A More Vivid And Powerful Impact On The Life Of Their Times. But The Kennedy Tale-the Spiral Compound Of Glory, Achievement, Degradation And Almost Mythical Tragedy-exerts A Fascination Upon Us That Goes Beyond Their Public Achievements.