the historical truth and that I alone have been getting it right.

Irving has for his own ideological reasons persistently and deliberately misrepresented and manipulated historical evidence,

It doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Bevore you can write anything, you have to notice something.

Using simple equipment and daylight alone is for me a pleasure and a replenishment.

Don't forget this, too: Rumors aren't interested in the unsensational story; rumors don't care what's true.

And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.