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History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.

History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.

Equally, we require a collective past - hence the endless reinterpretations of history, frequently to suit the perceptions of the present.

History is present in all my novels. And whether I am directly talking about the sociological moment or just immersing my character in the environment, I am very aware of it.

History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find two events that are ever exactly alike, because the conditions from which they spring are never identical.

History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It's one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldn't live without.