Writing History Quotes
Writing History Quote of the day
Sooner I'd try to change history than turn political, than try convincing others to write letters or to vote or to march or to do something they didn't already feel like doing.
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
We must learn, and we are gradually learning, how to write history with the help of archaeology.
With the possible exception of God during the writing of the Bible, every writer in history has needed an editor. So do you.
I am not a chess historian - I myself am a piece of chess history, which no one can avoid. I will not write about myself, but I am sure that someone will write.
Europe needs to develop a sense of collective history - we need to write books from a European perspective, to teach it in schools as well.
The mixture of the oral and the written traditions in the writings of Plato enabled him to dominate the history of the West.
The aim of art is almost divine: to bring to life again if it is writing history, to create if it is writing poetry.
A writer cannot put himself today in service of those who make history; he is at the service of those who suffer it.
In a way, I'm very interested in writing about Maine, because I think Maine represents its own kind of history. It's the oldest state, and it's the whitest state.
The first law of history is to dread uttering a falsehood; the next is not to fear stating the truth; lastly, the historian's writings should be open to no suspicion of partiality or animosity.
See how God writes history. No technical knowledge is required; only a calm day and a calm mind.
The people around you are you. They share your history. They can even write it with you. And when you lose one, there's no doubt you lose some of yourself, however they're lost.
What I said to my family is, 'Our history is our own. Let people write what they want, we know who we are.
I cannot understand why some people try to write a history of photography that is separated from the history of modern art.
Writing history and biography for kids calls for special skills that can only be acquired through practice and that are different from those required for an adult audience.
Jed Perl writes precisely and ecstatically. Antoine' s Alphabet is a history and a fairy tale, a work of criticism, and a work of art.
There are two classes of authors: the one write the history of their times, the other their biography.
I'm not looking to write the great American novel, win a Pulitzer or teach history. I write to entertain my readers.
Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing professionally, it was mostly learn as you go.
Life is a book. Do you not realise we are writing the history of our time?
Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all - no one's around to write horror stories.
you come to understand that history might be, as Thomas Carlyle put it, “a distillation of rumor, ” or, as Napoleon said, “a set of lies generally agreed upon
History, too, has a penchant for giving birth to itself over and over again, and those whom it appoints agents of change and progress do not always accept their destinies willingly.