I try to be as ruthless as possible. I ask myself of each sentence, "Is it clear? Is it true? Does it feel good?" And if it's not, then I rewrite it.

- William Manchester

His [Gen. Douglas MacArthurs] twenty-two medals-thirteen of them for heroism-probably exceeded those of any other figure in American history. He seem…

- William Manchester

It was his [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] relationship with the administration In Washington which became poisoned by his egomania. Link upon link the bo…

- William Manchester

I realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me.

- William Manchester

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself.

- William Manchester

To the medieval mind the possibility of doubt did not exist.

- William Manchester

The sum of a million facts is not the truth.

- William Manchester

The coconut trees, lithe and graceful, crowd the beach like a minuet of slender elderly virgins adopting flippant poses.

- William Manchester

But there are no loners. No man lives in a void. His every act is conditioned by his time and his society.

- William Manchester