You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?
“My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.”
“As a historian, I love every little detail, but whole long passages about wood paneling and journeys on horseback and every stop at every inn had to go out the window. I decided the history in the books should be like spice in a soup - a little went a long way. Like cilantro.”