“The great British philosopher and historian R. G. Collingwood maintained in The Idea of History that to write well about a historical… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
“To be a decent writer you must have both empathy and imagination. While these attributes aid your art, they can plague your… — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
“Stories don’t teach us to be good; it isn’t as simple as that. They show us what it feels like to be… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
That's what reading was for my mother, and became for me - a way to escape, a private time machine, a place… — Ramona Koval Copy Share Image
I believe in empathy. I believe in the kind of empathy that is created through imagination and through intimate, personal relationships. I… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
I've always had a really developed sense of justice. As a child, I would rotate my dolls' dresses for fear that they… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you. — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
“We got talking about how some people were selfish and some weren’t, and the difference between right-wing people and left-wing people. You… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
