When you read a history or biography you are entitled to imagine that it is as accurate as the authors can make it. That research has gone into it and we say "This is a history of the civil war, this is a biography of Lincoln" whatever. But you don't make any such supposition when you say "This is a historical novel."
Nicholas MeyerNo rock and roll ensemble, however inspired, can deliver the kind of musical variety obtainable with the resources of 110 instruments.
Nicholas MeyerWhat I want any genre to do, what I want any work of art to do, is to illuminate the human condition.
Nicholas MeyerThere are moments in one's life where you look back and you say, 'Well, I wish I had done this differently.
Nicholas MeyerActors will change their face, will change their hair, will change their voice, will disappear into the role. A movie star doesn't disappear.
Nicholas MeyerI wrote an article not so long ago that was published in the Los Angeles Times, and I think I titled it "Movies vs. History." But I think they had another title for it. I got sort of sick and tired of seeing movies that got picked apart by people because they had taken dramatic or poetic license and I said "These people don't understand the distinctions."
Nicholas Meyer