Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes

Like a historian, I interpret, select, discard, shape, simplify. Unlike a historian, I make up people's thoughts.

Hilary Mantel

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As a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-death experiences.

Eben Alexander
One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out of you.

Abraham Pais
- War
- Know
- Rules
I'm like an eight year old with the dressing-up box. I have the luxury of being able to change on a whim.

Kylie Minogue
- Up
- Change
- Year
Most airlines move too fast in a merger. Speed is not as critical as efficiency.

Bill Vaughan
- Moving
- Speed
- Efficiency
The university president who cashiered every professor unwilling to support Woodrow Wilson for the first vacancy in the

H. L. Mencken
Usually, if you notice good cinematography, then the cinematographer's failing. I try to make light feel like it's always motivated and natural in some way and hope that the lighting goes unnoticed.

Rachel Morrison
- Good
- Hope
- Way