The novelist wants to know how things will turn out; the historian already knows how things turned out, but wants to know why they turned out the way they did. — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
But I have seen my obstacles: trivialities, learning and poetry. This last needs explaining: the old artist's readiness to dissolve characters into a haze. Characters cannot come alive and fight and guide the world unless the novelist wants them to… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
