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I'm not keen on history being tampered with... to any extent.

— Daniel Day-Lewis

Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at…

— Edward Rutherfurd

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

— George R. R. Martin

You can't rewrite the history books; you can't eliminate the impact of my work and my characters.

— Rob Liefeld

To write history is as important as to make history. It is an unchanging truth that if the writer does not remain true to…

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they held. With…

— Pat Barker

It is not worthwhile to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible

— Mark Twain

You can't play history and you can't play historical characters. You just have to reduce it to the ordinary.

— Lorraine Toussaint

“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

If you're writing something that's clearly labelled as an alternative history, of course it's perfectly legitimate to play with known historical characters and events,…

— Diana Gabaldon

This is what I think is fun about fiction - you get to use as much history as you want as scaffolding and then…

— Robin Sloan

If you're playing a historical character that's in the public consciousness, then obviously you've got to make an effort to look like that person…

— Colm Meaney