“What I wanted-what I needed-was a story wherein the principal characters took on something big and admirable and difficult, and did it right.” CharacterHistoryNonfiction Book:The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge Source: The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
“Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.” PeopleBookCharacterOur LivesChanging Your LifeInfluentialInfluential PeoplePeople In Our Lives Author:David McCullough
“My love is to tell a story but I like stories that evolve from character, from the nature of the individuals involved.” CharacterStoriesIndividualLove IsInvolvedEvolve Author:David McCullough
“History isn't just what happened, but what happened to whom and why and what would have been different if the cast of characters had been different.” IfsHas BeensDifferentCharacterHappenedCasts Author:David McCullough
“Unlike the people you see in Mathew Brady's photographs from the Civil War, the men and women of the Revolution seem more like characters in a costume pageant. And it's a pageant in which the performers are all handsome as stage actors, with uniforms and dress that are always costume perfect.” PeopleMenWarCharacterSeemsActorsPerfectStageHe ManRevolutionMen And WomenDressesPhotographCivil WarPerformersUniformsCostumesHandsomePageantBradyStage Actors Author:David McCullough
“Develop and protect a moral sensibility and demonstrate the character to apply it. Dream big. Work hard. Think for yourself. Love everything you love, everyone you love, with all your might. And do so, please, with a sense of urgency, for every tick of the clock subtracts from fewer and fewer...” ThinkingHardCharacterDreamBigsMightMoralHard WorkSelf LovePleaseProtectClockFewerSensibilityUrgencyTickOne You LoveLove EveryoneThink For YourselfSense Of UrgencyHigh School Graduation SpeechHigh School Commencement Author:David McCullough
“I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist.” CharacterStoriesEvolveProtagonists Author:David McCullough
