Books Quote by David McCullough

We've all faced the charge that our novels are history lite, and to some extent, that's true. Yet for some, historical fiction is a…

— Saul David

“Writing a history of the world is a ridiculous thing to do. The amount of information is too vast for any individual to absorb,…

— Andrew Marr

To write history is as important as to make history. It is an unchanging truth that if the writer does not remain true to…

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Good writing is almost the concomitant of good history. Literature and history were joined long since by the powers which shaped the human brain;…

— C. V. Wedgwood

Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at…

— Edward Rutherfurd

I often tell people who want to write historical fiction: don't read all that much about the period you're writing about; read things from…

— Thomas Mallon

“Reading history is good for all of us. If you know history, you know that there is no such thing as a self-made man…

— Anonymous

History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it.

— Ferdinand Marcos

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.

— Otto von Bismarck

There's a lot we should be able to learn from history. And yet history proves that we never do. In fact, the main lesson…

— A. Whitney Brown

I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.

— Kanye West

Advice to Persons About to Write History - Don't.

— Lord Acton