Lion Feuchtwanger Quotes

Lion Feuchtwanger — German Novelist born on July 07, 1884, died on December 21, 1958

Lion Feuchtwanger was a German-Jewish novelist and playwright. A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht... (wikipedia)

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 contemporary subjects.

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.

Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a vast and densely packed majority of the blind, who are led by their instincts and unable to think for themselves.

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 in the contemporary ones.

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

Lion Feuchtwanger Quotes

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