I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject.
“A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.”
“I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic person. The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?”