Go Ahead, And Fear Not. You Will

If You Interview Five People About The Same Incident, And You See Five Different Points Of View, It Makes You Know What Makes History So Complicated. Something Doesn't Just Occur. It's Not Like A Scientific Event. It's A Human Event. So The Dimensions Of It Will Be Seen Differently By Different People.

I Now Rely On A Scanner, Which Reproduces The Passages I Want To Cite, And Then I Keep My Own Comments On Those Books In A Separate File So That I Will Never Confuse The Two Again.

My Books Are Written With A Strong Chronological Spine.

The Turn Of The Century Was The Age Of The Banker, So Much So That The Leading Bankers Of The Day Had Become Legendary Figures In The Public Imagination-vast, Overshadowing Behemoths Whose Colossal Power Seemed To Reach Everywhere.

I've Been To The White House A Number Of Times.