I look at it scene-by-scene. Whether it's a historical character or not, whatever, on the page is one thing and delving into… — Gary Cole Copy Share Image
“She strove for poised composure, despite feeling like a powerless pawn in a despicable game of human chess, played for the amusement… — Collette Cameron Copy Share Image
Much more than an entertaining set of exaggerated facts, fiction is a metaphoric method of describing, dramatizing and condensing historical events, personal… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the . that squares with the… — Nick Murray Copy Share Image
Whenever I've had to tamper with history for plot purposes, I make sure to mention that in my author's note, and I… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
On the basis of my historical experience, I fully believe that mathematics of the 25th century will be as different from that… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
The world also remains a hopeful place. Calls for democracy and human rights are being reborn everywhere, and these calls are an… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
[...] He didn't want his wife to read historical romances because it might give her unrealistic expectations. [...] If I had been… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
What people most need now is to apply their conversion skills to those things that are essential for their survival. They need… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
An active propaganda machinery controlled bv the world's largest corporations constantly reassures us that consumerism is the path to happiness, governmental restraint… — David Korten Copy Share Image
“Unlike the hard, iron skeleton of war, the Izzy Doll is soft and cuddly. Not forced upon, it is given freely and… — Phyllis Wheaton Copy Share Image
We are in danger of being overwhelmed with irredeemable paper, mere paper, representing not gold nor silver; no sir, representing nothing but… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts. — Barbara Cartland Copy Share Image
Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You next," he said. "Out of those clothes and into bed." She nodded but didn't move from Sally's side. The thought of… — Deeanne Gist Copy Share Image
I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about. — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
Dialectical logic undoes the abstractions of formal logic and of transcendental philosophy, but it also denies the concreteness of immediate experience. To… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
The writer has little control over personal temperament, none over historical moment, and is only partly in charge of his or her… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
As a biracial girl growing up in England, I'd never really seen any historical characters who looked like me depicted on film… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
One never really knows how much one has been touched by a place until one has left it. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
"Hard" science fiction probes alternative possible futures by means of reasoned extrapolations in much the same way that good historical fiction reconstructs… — Jack Williamson Copy Share Image
In what light soever we regard the Bible, whether with reference to revelation, to history, or to morality, it is an invaluable… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image