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In other words, that works of history are mere collections of facts. It is fiction alone that can show us the true nature of human beings — Daisaku Ikeda

My history is pretty different from the history of most professors. I was a high school dropout. I dropped out and became a science fiction writer. — Daniel Goldstein

happy is the nation without a history — Cesare Beccaria

The Bible is a book of Science. Secular Humanism is a religion of mythology. — Michael J. Findley

Most of the history is a divine work of fiction. — Kedar Joshi

True history," said Hearst, with a smile that was, for once, almost charming, "is the final fiction. I thought even you knew that. — Gore Vidal

History is said to be written by the victors. Fiction, by contrast, is largely the work of injured bystanders. — Edna O'Brien

History is fiction. — Jennifer Donnelly

One important idea I hope is reflected in 'The Poe Shadow' is that fiction can add as much to history as nonfiction does. — Matthew Pearl

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium. — Philip Guedalla

I want to be undone by you. I want to be the one to come to pieces in your arms, to forget there is anything in this world but the two of us. — Laura Andersen

What cannot be borne in reality, becomes a source of pleasure when it is transposed into the visual and somatic fiction of the dramatic spectacle. — Claude Calame

Jewish history is never simply about the Jews, but always about their relationship with the rest of society. — Abigail Green

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

Poetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Hell is full of polite men with bone saws. — Miles Watson

All our ancient history, as one of our wits remarked, is no more than accepted fiction. — Voltaire

History is an agreed-upon fiction. — Diane Ackerman

Watson fully comprehended the fact that occasionally it is useful for one's adversaries to underestimate one's abilities."
~Sherlock Holmes — Stephanie Osborn

If freedom is free and none need worry, then what blood drops for thee? — Ryan Goodrich

There is no such thing as a normal period of history. Normality is a fiction of economic textbooks. — Joan Robinson

What is more precious: a thousand answers derived from one question? Or, one answer ... from a thousand questions? — G.F. Smith

Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human beings. — Helen Cam

Political history is far too criminal to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villians from fiction. — W. H. Auden

Fiction is history, human history, or it is nothing. — Joseph Conrad

If you put forth a small amount of effort, you just might find your next best friend for life is of a different race than your own. — Ted Harts

History is a novel which did take place; a novel is history that could take place. — Jules De Goncourt

I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history. — Kate Mosse

Fiction has to be plausible. All history has to do is happen. — Harry Turtledove

There is nothing to be learned from history anymore. We're in science fiction now. — Allen Ginsberg

Culture is the best society has to offer...How can we pass on civilization to those who do not value civilization. (Terrence Rattigan) — Beth Fine

The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else. — Frederic Bastiat

The only form of fiction in which real characters do not seem out of place is history. In novels they are detestable. — Oscar Wilde

Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve. — Denise Mina

History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women. — O. Henry

History is the recital of facts represented as true. Fable, on the other hand, is the recital of facts represented as fiction. — Voltaire

There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is fun. — James D'arcy

Kindness is not something you are born with; it's a way in which you choose to be. — Lisa Kaye Presley

I said to my mother, Henry VII is interesting. No he's not, my mother said. — Hilary Mantel

Fiction is ideally suited to re-creating the important emotional aspects of history. — Alix Kates Shulman

What's most explosive about historical fiction is to use the fictional elements to pressure the history to new insights. — Matthew Pearl

History is indeed stranger than fiction. The twists and turns of human history are too outlandish for to be believable in any work of fiction. — A.E. Samaan

Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction. — Ray Bradbury

Fiction is the history of the obscure. — Jill Lepore

Between the sands of time is a multitude of truths untold. — Jason E. Royle

History is about the untold story, and writing historical fiction is a wonderful way to present the past in a compelling and entertaining way. — Paul W. Feenstra