I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was unwise enough to actually mention this in public a few times, and in fact to point out that there were two versions of the book now. One of them had somebody else's name on the cover, one had my name on the cover.
One of the strangest results of having your name on a book jacket is the proliferation of people who know one narrow aspect of your life and are suddenly surprised to learn there's more.
I don't think anything you've written is immortal as yet.
I never thought I'd be on the cover of the 'Atlanta Journal' unless I killed someone.
Whoever you are, you will not write this book. I can tell you nothing. Do not call me again. Ever.
Every book for me is a chapter in the long book which will finally be closed on the day of my death.
After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It's Woodrow Wilson.'
Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue for a space at the head of a long list of books for which no one will ever ask.
Your library is your portrait.