Stephen Ambrose

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.

Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!