Making history was so much better than writing it.

“It's history as it should have happened. It's history made better.”

— R.A. McCandless

A lot of great things are going on. In many ways, the past 30 years have been the best in world history. But we…

— Rutger Bregman

History is a better guide than good intentions.

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

“I loved history, any kind of history, and even better if it was hidden, secret, or underground.”

— April White

The supreme purpose of history is a better world.

— Herbert Hoover

When you know your history, you have a better vision of where you're going. And, when you have that, there's no stopping you.

— Ron Cephas Jones

Let this be our time in history so that someday we can tell our children and grandchildren that we were there, that we changed…

— Scott Walker

We must delve deep into history the better to engage a true dialogue of civilisations. Fear of the present can impose upon the past…

— Tariq Ramadan

A lot of people have been saying I am obsessed with the "making history" thing. But it's what pushes me, it's what drives me,…

— James DeGale

Take a stand for what's right. Raise a ruckus and make a change. You may not always be popular, but you'll be part of…

— Samuel L. Jackson

If there's anything I'm keen to get better at in my writing, then it's the writing of prose as opposed to the writing of…

— David Nicholls

I take something that happened to me in 1983, and I make it happen to somebody else in 1943. I pick my life apart…

— Rainbow Rowell

The more you read, the better you are at writing, no matter what you're writing. A lot of songwriters miss that and don't see…

— Jason Isbell

“I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to something better. Not writing at all leads to nothing.”

— Anna Quindlen

“Find I can get my point across a lot better writing them down”

— Kathryn Stockett