Ancient rome Quote by Steven Saylor

All writing is an act of self-exploration. Even a grocery list says something about you; how much more does a novel say?

— Steven Saylor

When I was a boy, my grandfather taught me the list of kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius the Elder, Servius…

— Steven Saylor

Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil.

— Steven Saylor

“The strands (the gods) weave out of our mortal lives are like a pattern visible only from the heavens; we here on earth can…

— Steven Saylor

“on and on, he wasn’t the ranting sort,”

— Steven Saylor

I can't say I had an ideal father, and I'm not a father myself.

— Steven Saylor

Im like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.

— Steven Saylor

In politics, reality and appearance are of equal importance. You cannot attend to one and neglect the other. A man must determine both what…

— Steven Saylor

Some men are one thing on the surface and another underneath. The true poet shows not just the exterior of his subject, but all…

— Steven Saylor

“But sometimes...sometimes I wake with a mad thought in my head: What if that boy's life mattered as much as anyone else's, even Caesar's?…

— Steven Saylor

Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of Amazon women begins with the fierce Greek huntress Atalanta, but takes us deep into the past…

— Steven Saylor

I'm like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.

— Steven Saylor