Acknowledging Quote by Guy Gavriel Kay

We are not buried in history, but surrounded by it. You can't avoid our behavior being shaped by it, to a considerable degree. We…

— Russell Banks

“It is necessary to distinguish between history and fantasy wherever possible. And then use them against each other.”

— Geoff Ryman

People accept a representation in which the elements of wish and fantasy are purposely included but which nevertheless proclaims to represent "the past" and…

— Johan Huizinga

Our historic imagination is at best slightly developed. We generalise and idealise the past egregiously. We set up little toys to stand as symbols…

— John Dewey

Researching real history has taught me to be bolder and more imaginative in building fantasy worlds and writing fantasy characters, to seek out the…

— Ken Liu

I've found that using historical material and being rooted in historical material is liberating because I always think to myself, 'Well, this actually happened,…

— Michael Hirst

“As a historian, I found myself all too often treating my historical subjects like fictional characters, malleable entities that could be made to do…

— Lauren Willig

After all, history is a type of fantasy. For all the primary source research, in the end, the past world the historian builds is…

— Ysabeau S. Wilce

What they teach you as history is mythology and true mythology is far from fantasy -- it is our true history. A bulk of…

— Suzy Kassem

From the very beginning, history wasn't content simply to be nostalgic fairytales; it wanted to make you think.

— Simon Schama

If you're using your imagination, you tend to look into the past for ideas.

— Paul McCartney

The past slips from our grasp. It leaves us only scattered things. The bond that united them eludes us. Our imagination usually fills in…

— Igor Stravinsky