Bystanders Quote by Edna O'Brien

History is written by the victors, but it's victims who write the memoirs.

— Carol Tavris

History is written by the victors.

— Winston Churchill

History is written by the victor

— Anonymous

It has been said, "History is written by the victors." I take this to mean we can make ourselves victorious by writing, and then…

— Jennifer Beals

History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors' version is given prominence…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

History is written by victors and, occasionally, sensationalist journalists. I mean that with the best respect.

— Ray Stevenson

Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human beings.

— Helen Cam

Historical fiction is simply fiction set in the past, and should be judged as such.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

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

Fiction is history, human history, or it is nothing.

— Joseph Conrad

Fiction is ideally suited to re-creating the important emotional aspects of history.

— Alix Kates Shulman

History is the history of human behavior, and human behavior is the raw material of fiction. Most people recognize that novelists do research to…

— Amy Waldman