With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction. – Samuel E. Morison
Because at bottom, Im interested in fear, and in courage and cowardice and these are easier to get at through fiction, where you can enter peoples heads. – Kevin Patterson
By the time the children go to bed, I am as drained as any mother who has spent her day working, car pooling, building Lego castles and shopping for the precisely correct soccer cleat. – Ayelet Waldman