Back Quote by Angus Macfadyen

The fact of the matter is fame predates even the age of cinema. There's always been fame, there's always been the caveman who's prettier…

— Joss Whedon

If we look too closely at many historical figures, we won't like what we see.

— Roxane Gay

I've always believed many people who are mega famous remain the age they were when they got famous.

— Angela Scanlon

Unless I'm writing trying to write about a historical figure, I don't really set out to read or research with a specific topic in…

— Christine Sneed

Some people are so famous that the legends about them and the cultural aftermath of their life altogether obscure the real human being.

— Michael Korda

One of the many troubles of growing older is that it gets progressively harder to find a famous historical figure who hadn't yet amounted…

— Sebastian Horsley

When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they held. With…

— Pat Barker

I found that it was much better to look at the figures rather than people.

— Walter Schloss

History is filled with fictional people.

— Anonymous

When it comes to the fame side of things. I don't think anybody, whether they're famous or not, could claim to understand that phenomenon…

— Penn Badgley

Famous Almost everyone is world famous only the size of the world varies

— Hans Nouwens

It's sad to me that the main stage of history is a story of how we became this visually obsessed, extremely narcissistic, extremely concerned…

— Oneohtrix Point Never