From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.

After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as modern and up-to-date as in the contemporary ones.

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission.

I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.

Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contemporary subjects.

There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.

An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its logic.

Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit for the present and future.

What is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity.

I have always made an effort to render every detail of my reality with the greatest accuracy; but I have never paid attention to whether my presentation of historical facts was an exact one.

It is only the strong who are strengthened by suffering; the weak are made weaker.

I often wonder if God recognizes His own son the way we've dressed him up, or is it dressed him down?

For the human soul is virtually indestructible, and its ability to rise from the ashes remains as long as the body draws breath.

The moment you betray your heart is the moment you lose everything.

Banks are the temples of America. This is a holy war. Our economy is our religion.

That first kiss, it still has a way of making us nervous as teenagers, no matter how old we get.

Of what is concealed can also be revealed.

Once you hear something, you can never return to the time before you heard it.

If you chose to listen within you will get some really helpful information. You really do know the answer. Intuition is always at the ready.

If the gatherer gathers too-much, Nature takes out of the man what she puts into his chest; swells the estate, but kills the owner. Nature hates, monopolies and exceptions.

Are you better off than you were four years ago? One of my favorite quotes Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores ... Is there more or less unemployment?