You can't destroy America by destroying our elite. Think about America's elite. Think about it down through history. Destroy our elite, and... →
P. J. O'Rourke
There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money.
I like fiction and the kind of history that gives the grace and flavor of fiction to the past. No bloviation on current events, please. I can write... →
Pope Paul III was the greatest thief in the history of the church.
Peter O'Toole
As soon as I moved to Princeton in 1978, I became fascinated by local history, much of it Revolutionary War-era; and I became fascinated by the... →
Joyce Carol Oates
I don't think I'm morbid by nature. Serious writers have always written about serious subjects. Lighthearted material doesn't appeal to... →
It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with violence.
To be Jewish is to be specifically identified with a history. And if you're not aware of that when you're a child, the whole tradition is... →
I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of... →
Barack Obama
We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in... →