Author: David McCullough

Quotes

The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind.

The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind.

- David McCullough

Real success is finding you lifework in the work that you love.

Real success is finding you lifework in the work that you love.

- David McCullough

I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber.

I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber.

- David McCullough

I love Dickens. I love the way he sets a scene.

I love Dickens. I love the way he sets a scene.

- David McCullough

May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

- David McCullough

In time I began to understand that it's when you start writing that you really find out what you don't know and need to know.

In time I began to understand that it's when you start writing that you really find out what you don't know and need to know.

- David McCullough

When I began, I thought that the way one should work was to do all the research and then write the book.

When I began, I thought that the way one should work was to do all the research and then write the book.

- David McCullough

You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history.

You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history.

- David McCullough

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

- David McCullough

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