There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the trust is broken, things can get very embarrassing for the writers and the publisher.

I like my subjects to be American, and not too dead, so I can interview people who knew them.

I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.

I read my first book on Woodrow Wilson at age 15, and I was hooked.

Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.

I think it is important for readers to know that it is possible to bring intellectualism and idealism to the White House and still be political enough to advance an agenda.