Ben Rome was a perfectionist. He checked every letter that went out to make sure the English was correct.

If you didn't get the letter or you're not sure . . . call the benefits manager for the former employer or union.

I checked my files and discovered that I had seen the letter there in 1976. As a historian, it makes you angry that these types of thefts are occurring.

People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right, and then I move on to the next thing.

I'm a perfectionist, so my bossiness definitely comes out.

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.