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What I Learned, More Than Anything, Was That You Can't Have It All Balanced Perfectly At Any One Time. When I Was Young, It Was Much More Balanced Toward Work. When I Had My Children, It Was Much More Balanced Toward Love And Family, And I Didn't Get A Lot Of Work Done. So You Can't Ask Of It To Be Perfectly Balanced At Any Time, But Your Hope Is, Before You Die, You've Somehow Had Each Of Those Spheres Come To Life. That's Probably More Important Than Success In Any One Of Those Spheres Alone.

If You Interview Five People About The Same Incident, And You See Five Different Points Of View, It Makes You Know What Makes History So Complicated. Something Doesn't Just Occur. It's Not Like A Scientific Event. It's A Human Event. So The Dimensions Of It Will Be Seen Differently By Different People.

They All Start Competing Against Lincoln As The Greatest President. And The [library] Building Becomes The Symbol, The Memorial To That Dream.

I Think The Most Important Thing I Wanted To Say At Various Times To Franklin And Eleanor Roosevelt Was That It Seemed So Sad To Me That - I Really Believe They Loved Each Other And Had A Great Deal Of Affection - But Because Of That Early Hurt In Their Marriage, There Was A Certain Kind Of Distance From Then On, Until Their Deaths Actually. So At Times, I Just Wanted To Push Them Together And Say, "come On, You Guys! I Know You Love Each Other. This Is Crazy!"

My Books Are Written With A Strong Chronological Spine.