Ken Burns

“I asked Shelby Foote about U.S. Grant and he said Grant had what they call four o'clock in the morning courage.”

“I had read David McCullough's The Great Bridge, the epic story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge.”

“Shakespeare had that ability, even with the darkest characters, you know, the Iago's and the Richard, the third, you know, people who are deep and dark.”

“History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.”