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> [A good writer of history is a guy who is suspicious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bishop/a-good-writer-of-history-is-a-guy-who-is-suspicious/)

[Jim Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bishop/)

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> [Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost what subject he may.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-savage-landor/every-great-writer-is-a-writer-of-history-let-him-treat-on-almost/)

[Walter Savage Landor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-savage-landor/)

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> [The writer of history is perhaps closer to the artist than the scholar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-mommsen/the-writer-of-history-is-perhaps-closer-to-the-artist-than-the-scholar/)

[Theodor Mommsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-mommsen/)

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> [Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost any subject he may.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-savage-landor/every-great-writer-is-a-writer-of-history-let-him-treat-on-almost-any/)

[Walter Savage Landor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-savage-landor/)

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> [You don't have to be a good person to be a good writer--history shows it's better if you're not--but you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abrahams/you-don-t-have-to-be-a-good-person-to-be-a-good-writer-history-shows/)

[Peter Abrahams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abrahams/)

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> [What makes a good writer of history is a guy who is suspicious. Suspicion marks the real difference between the man who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bishop/what-makes-a-good-writer-of-history-is-a-guy-who-is-suspicious/)

[Jim Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bishop/)

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> [“Every writer in the history of the world has been afraid to put words on the page. But we only remember those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-kirin/every-writer-in-the-history-of-the-world-has-been-afraid-to-put-words/)

[M. Kirin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-kirin/)

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> [I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/i-don-t-think-it-s-possible-to-separate-out-the-strands-of-a-writer-s/)

[Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/)

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> [Some writers just write about their own lives. Well, I don't want to do that. I want to have a really boring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-c-boyle/some-writers-just-write-about-their-own-lives-well-i-don-t-want-to-do/)

[T.C. Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-c-boyle/)

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