Peter Carey Quotes About Past

Quotes about: Past

• I don't separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they're all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of curiosity, some investigation into the past.

  Peter Carey

  Book, Past, Historical Novels

• Nostalgia is something we think of as fuzzy. But it's pain. Pain concerning the past.

  Peter Carey

  Pain, Past, Thinking

  "Peter Carey: making it up as he goes along" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2012.

• The great thing about using the past is that it gives you the most colossal freedom to invent. The research is necessary, of course, but no one writes a novel to dramatically illustrate what everybody already knows.

  Peter Carey

  Writing, Past, Giving

  "An Interview With Author Peter Carey". Interview with Ben Evans, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 6, 2010.

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