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David Mccullough
 
Date of birth: 07 July 1933
Date of death: Alive (or unknown)
Country Of Origin: America
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" Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project. "

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" First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past. "

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" I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the original sense of the word - for love, because I love it. On the other hand, I think that those of us who make our living writing history can also be called true professionals. "

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" I could not do what I do without the kindness, consideration, resourcefulness and work of librarians, particularly in public libraries. "

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" I don't feel that there is a great divide between the work that I and others do and those in the academic world. "

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" I feel that what I do is a calling. "

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" 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. "

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" I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities. "

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" I love all sides of the work but that doesn't mean it isn't hard. "

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

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" I love to go to the places where things happen. I like to walk the walk and see how the light falls and what winter feels like. "

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" I will never live long enough to do the work I want to do: the books I would like to write, the ideas I would like to explore. "

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" I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber. "

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" I would pay to do what I do if I had to. "

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" I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist. "

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