Piave Quotes & Sayings

In my long career in this historical fiction business, though, I've found that the most effective storytelling concept is this: Once upon a time it was now.
That has become my credo and my method as a longtime historical novelist.
It's quite simple, if you see as Janus sees:
Today is now.
Yesterday was now.
Tomorrow will be now.
Three hundred years ago, the eighteenth century was now.
You, as a historical novelist, can make any time now by taking your reader into that time. Once you grasp that, the rest is just hard work.
Stay with me, and you'll see how such work is done. — James Alexander Thom

And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall, By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell. — Wilfred Owen

It certainly must have been a relief for women of the country to realize that one could be a woman and a lady and yet be thoroughly political. — Pearl S. Buck

There's nothing more annoying than a man ordering wine at a bar when you're not eating. — Chelsea Handler

There are many ways to fail. Some reject success. And others do not recognize it when success comes. — Gene Tierney

Don't hang up. For God's sake, Eva, we're married . We're in love. There's no shame in that. So what if it's crazy? It's us . It's who we are. You need to come to grips with that. — Sylvia Day

Do you know how one knows a cavalier when one sees him? He always behaves decently when he is drunk. — Erich Maria Remarque

Seine and Piave are silver spoons,
But the spoonbowl-metal is thin and worn — Stephen Vincent Benet

I remember my grandfather believed women were second-class citizens and told my mother that it was a shame she had brains because she was a girl and shouldn't carry on her education. — Sarah Gavron

The traditional metaphor for careers is a ladder, but I no longer think that metaphor holds. It doesn't make sense in a less hierarchical world ... Build your skills, not your resume. Evaluate what you can do, not the title they're going to give you. Do real work. Take a sales quota, a line role, an ops job, don't plan too much, and don't expect a direct climb. If I had mapped out my career when I was sitting where you are, I would have missed my career. — Sheryl Sandberg

Once I said to my father, 'Why do you want me?'
I still think that's the bravest thing I've ever done. — China Mieville

The people who work in intelligence work are more conscious, more apt to be attentive. — William Hedgcock Webster

Clearly one must read every good book at least once every ten years. — C.S. Lewis

The price is the blood of the girl who cowers behind you. - Hecate to Grimalkin about Thorne — Joseph Delaney

Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination. — Terry Brooks