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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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