Defeat Quote by David Cameron

I want to write for history, not for the moment.

— David Maraniss

Let's give the historians something to write about

— Propertius

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

— Anonymous

The only phenomenon with which writing has always been concomitant is the creation of cities and empires, that is the integration of large numbers…

— Claude Levi-Strauss

I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.

— Candace Camp

I am a great student and fan of history.

— Zeenat Aman

Every writer owes something to a particular tradition he/she grew up in. But no serious writer - other than the militantly nationalist ones -…

— Aleksandar Hemon

Back in my 20s, when I wrote 'A Place of Greater Safety,' the French Revolution novel, I thought, 'I'll always have to write historical…

— Hilary Mantel

It is the winners who write history - their way.

— Elaine Pagels

I would suppose I learned how to write when I was very young indeed. When I read a child's book about the Trojan War…

— James A. Michener

Writers are the main landmarks of the past.

— Anonymous

I like writing historical fiction.

— Philippa Gregory