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.
Lion FeuchtwangerAfter 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.
Lion FeuchtwangerFrom depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.
Lion FeuchtwangerThere's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.
Lion Feuchtwanger