A chronicle is very different from history proper.

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.

I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.

Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.

Occasionally a student writer comes up with something really beautiful and moving, and you won't know for years if it was an accident or the first burst of something wonderful.

Shakespeare tells the same stories over and over in so many guises that it takes a long time before you notice.

History is where tensions were.