For me, Dracula has always been associated with travel and beautiful historical places. Votes: 4
I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place a story in New Orleans. Votes: 3
Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything. Votes: 3
Historically, epics are set in Africa or Asia or the Wild West, but if you make an epic today it's hard to disassociate from the contemporary realities of those places. Votes: 3
I can relate to historical characters or imaginary ones. It doesn't matter if a story takes place in the future or in the present, as long as the story is compelling. Votes: 3
It is this conception of the unity of the human career which is perhaps the greatest achievement of historical study, since it gained a place analogous to that of natural science. Votes: 3
A judgment pronounced in accordance with the facts can therefore assign to it an historical place only within that movement of reformation which was brought to a victorious issue by King Josiah. Votes: 3
Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey. Votes: 3
I enjoy thinking myself into other times and places. I don't like some of the conventions of the 'historical novel', but I think there's a way of doing it that has a lot of merit. Votes: 3
Historically, Alaska is a place that has attracted those fed up with conventionality. Votes: 2
Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks. Votes: 2
I think if you place Jesus firmly in the historical context... you can make very educated hypotheses and guesses about how he lived. Votes: 2
Key is the question of where do new ideas come from. Historically, four places: government labs, big corporations, startup companies, and research universities. Votes: 2
The Oberlin/Cleveland area is where the underground railroad came out, so it's an interesting historical place. I love Ohio and really loved Oberlin. Votes: 2
There's a historical milestone in the fact that our Apollo 11 landing on the moon took place a mere 66 years after the Wright Brothers' first flight. Votes: 2
I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there's a mass influx from one place, that's when it becomes problematic for Americans. Votes: 2
Usually when I go to a place for the first time, unless there's something historical or spectacular that nature has to offer, the first thing I like to do is see what's on the minds of the people. Votes: 2
One of two historically African American communities that sprang up along the Mississippi Gulf Coast after emancipation, North Gulfport has always been a place where residents have had fewer civic resources than those extended to other outlying communities. Votes: 2
For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place. Votes: 2
I was living in Paris, which is a very beautiful, very wonderful place, but a tight place as a city, a tight place culturally. Its people are very brilliant, thoughtful, the place functions, but it's a historical place in some ways, like a big museum. Votes: 2
We are no longer dealing with historical events, but with places of collapse. Votes: 0
Historical investigation has for its aim to fix the order and character of events throughout past time and in all places. The task is frankly superhuman. Votes: 0
Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism. Votes: 7 Terry Eagleton
Places remember events. Votes: 4 James Joyce