About Quote by Paul Auster

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

History is a novel which did take place; a novel is history that could take place.

— Jules de Goncourt

History is a novel for which the people is the author.

— Alfred de Vigny

History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and…

— Voltaire

History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstances.

— Donald Creighton

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

— George R. R. Martin

History is what we read, write and think about the past.

— Michael Howard

There's no such thing as history, only historians. That's how we know about the past.

— Peter Greenaway

History is of all subjects the one which is most engaged with people's perceptions of themselves, identity, politics, all those things which shape the…

— Kwasi Kwarteng

History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been.

— Anonymous

History is not just about the past. It also reveals the present.

— David Von Drehle

History lets you know exactly where you are today. And if you pay attention to it, it gives you a broad perspective of everyone.…

— Baron Davis