Geschichte / Story Historiker / Historians Novelists Sagen / Tell Vergangenheit / Past Vorhanden / Present
Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.
The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.
Most people don't know how to tell stories.
Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.
I stopped - just killed - President Obama's $10-a-barrel gas tax.
It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point.
Drawing on real life is what novelists do. It's not the same as reconstructing real life, which is what historians do.
Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.
Just stay present in the moment, and what will come will come.
