About Quote by Heather Mac Donald

“Rooting arguments in evidence and respecting scholarly norms, historians must craft stories that shape the future as well as the past.”

— Michael J. Lansing

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

— Edmond de Goncourt

As a historian, what I trust is my ability to take a mass of information and tell a story shaped around it.

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

In constructing our narratives, we identify which particular events or experiences were formative or transformative. In telling our stories, we also claim some authority…

— Peg O'Connor

The challenge - and much of the fun - of writing in an established future history lies in incorporating new knowledge while remaining true…

— Edward M. Lerner

“Read the stories of the past to write your story for the future.”

— Habeeb Akande

History is a set of skills rather than a narrative.

— Hilary Mantel

As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work.

— Joseph Boyden

I write a lot about the past because I really see things clearly in hindsight.

— Skylar Grey

I am not a qualified historian, but rather a teller of stories from history.

— Princess Michael of Kent

There are more people than you think who want to have a challenging experience, in which they are obliged to reflect about the past.

— Umberto Eco

Narratives are very important to me.

— Liza Soberano