To Shut Yourself From History Is To

There Is Only One Person Who Can Measure Your Success. That Person Is You.

I Feel That What I Do Is A Calling. I Would Pay To Do What I Do If I Had To. I Will Never Live Long Enough To Do The Work I Want To Do: The Books I Would Like To Write, The Ideas I Would Like To Explore.

I Think The Public Library System Is One Of The Most Amazing American Institutions. Free For Everybody. If You Ever Get The Blues About The Status Of American Culture There Are Still More Public Libraries Than There Are Mcdonald's. During The Worst Of The Depression Not One Public Library Closed Their Doors.

Why Limit Yourself To The Experience Of Your Own Relatively Brief Time On Earth, According To Your Biological Clock, When The Whole Realm Of The Human Experience Reaching Back Infinitely Far Is Available To You?

The Talent, Including The Talent For History - And I Do Think There Are People Who Just Have A Talent For It, The Way You Have A Talent For Public Speaking Or Music Or Whatever - It Shouldn't Be Allowed To Lie Dormant. It Should Be Brought Alive.