Biographers Quote by Timothy Garton Ash

“Facts are subversive”

— Anonymous

The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast…

— John F. Kennedy

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

— John F. Kennedy

Facts are the enemy of truth.

— Anonymous

Facts are the images of history, just as images are the facts of fiction.

— E. L. Doctorow

Facts are neutral until human beings add their own meaning to those facts. People make their decisions based on what the facts mean to…

— Blake Mycoskie

“When you're writing historical fiction, you are always looking for the untold story. You're looking for what has been repressed politically, or repressed psychologically.…

— Hilary Mantel

You come out of the gate, you've got something new, you're subversive, nobody's ever done it before. But by your fifth novel and your…

— Daniel Mendelsohn

Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable.

— Saul David

The great enemy of the truth is not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest but the myth persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

— John F. Kennedy

“When speculation becomes “truth,” opinion “fact,” and prejudice a “holy cause,” demagoguery is not far behind.”

— Laurence G. Boldt