Author: David McCullough

Quotes

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

I love all sides of the work but that doesn't mean it isn't hard.

I love all sides of the work but that doesn't mean it isn't hard.

- 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

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

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

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

- 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

I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities.

I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities.

- David McCullough

I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down.

I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down.

- David McCullough

The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick? Why do we do what we do? How much is luck the deciding factor?

The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick? Why do we do what we do? How much is luck the deciding factor?

- David McCullough

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