QuotesFriend.com
  • Home
  • Authors
  • Categories
  • Professions
  • Quotes of the Day

 
Home » Peter Carey Quotes
Tweet
Search Authors By Alphabet

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

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

Peter Carey Biography

  Nationality: Australian
Type: Novelist

Born: February 7, 1943
Related Authors
Related Topics
Jeff Abbott
Edmond About
Peter Abrahams
James Agee
Louisa May Alcott
Nelson Algren
Aaron Allston
Edmondo De Amicis
Kingsley Amis
Richard Bach
Julianna Baggott
Paul Bailey
Beryl Bainbridge
Nicholson Baker
David Baldacci
Faith Baldwin
Honore De Balzac
Henri Barbusse
Djuna Barnes
Amelia Barr
Age
Alone
Amazing
Anger
Anniversary
Architecture
Art
Attitude
Beauty
Best
Birthday
Business
Car
Change
Christmas
Communication
Computers
Cool
Courage
Dad
Quote of the Day
“And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything.”

 

Pierre De Fermat
Pierre De Fermat
Lawyer
Quote of the Moment
“I'd have to say the whole experience in making The Neverending Story. I had an incredible time.”

 

Noah Hathaway
Noah Hathaway
Actor