#ay

For me, and maybe for many religious kids of the '60s, the church lost relevance the more it became a surrogate in the movement for social and political change. ↗

— Mike McCurry

#change #church #kids #lost #many

I had been writing for about twelve years. I knew pretty well how you could find things out, but I had never been trained in an academic way how to go about the research. ↗

— David McCullough

#academic #been #could #find #go

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

— David McCullough

#i #i love #love #scene #sets

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

#book #distractions #down #good #how

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

— David McCullough

#honest #may #men #none #roof

My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader. ↗

— David McCullough

#book #clear #compelling #hope #i

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

#always #begin #beginning #comes #hard

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

— David McCullough

#book #i #research #should #then

I don't belong on this earth. I always feel out of place - like a visitor. ↗

— Hattie McDaniel

#belong #earth #feel #i #i always

What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait. ↗

— Hattie McDaniel

#demands #high #high price #hollywood #most