History Quote by Oliver Stone

I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation…

— Oliver Stone

I'm a dramatist.

— Richard LaGravenese

People have different ways of interpreting history.

— Nate Silver

I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.

— Oliver Stone

Everybody has different interpretations of history, but what they need to do is be supported in some form or fashion by fact.

— Clay Travis

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

— Dorothy Salisbury Davis

There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is…

— James D'arcy

History is not melodrama, even if it usually reads like that.

— Robert Penn Warren

History is a matter of interpretation, but you have to start with certain facts.

— Peter Kuznick

History is what we bring to it, not just the events themselves, but how we interpret those events.

— Robert Harris

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be…

— Thornton Wilder

Historical fiction is not history. You're blending real events and actual historical personages with characters of your own creation.

— George R. R. Martin