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

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.

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

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

An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems of the present day, of being, in other words, a reactionary.

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.