O'Reilly Snags Top Spots Among NY Times Best-Sellers: 'I Can Write 1,000 Words In My Sleep'

Bill O'Reilly is now the most popular historian in the country: his books on the assassinations and historical aftermath of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy have claimed the top two spots on The New York Times best seller list.

In his interview with The Times, he discussed his work habits with no false modesty present: 'I can write 1,000 words in my sleep.'

He described how 'nobody' edits him, with which his editor agreed. 'I work harder now than I have ever worked in my life, which is kind of insane,' O'Reilly said, explaining that he not only writes and edits his own books but also personally writes the scripts for his cable news show, The O'Reilly Factor.

Lincoln, according to O'Reilly, would have been a fan of his book 'because it is simple and he was a really simple guy, straightforward guy.' O'Reilly says, 'He didn't like a lot of subterfuge or a lot of nonsense.'

He's not so sure, however, if Kennedy would enjoy the work about him 'because it really lays him out as far as what he did, and some of it wasn't very nice..'

He won't yet reveal the subject of his next book but predicts it 'will be a blockbuster of epic proportions.'
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