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 contempor…

- Lion Feuchtwanger

From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.

- Lion Feuchtwanger

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

- Lion Feuchtwanger

An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its logic.

- Lion Feuchtwanger

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmiss…

- Lion Feuchtwanger

Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit…

- Lion Feuchtwanger

I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.

- Lion Feuchtwanger

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

- Lion Feuchtwanger

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 …

- Lion Feuchtwanger