Factual correctness Quotes

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

As a rule, indeed, grown-up people are fairly correct on matters of fact; it is in the higher gift of imagination that they are so sadly to seek.

I think that any time you are making a film you have to realize that the people you are talking with might be giving you misinformation. Sometimes it is factually incorrect and for that, it's important to me to check it out and not let things find their way into the film without being challenged, either by me, or by another character, or by evidence that you might see on screen.

What is true is true, and what is false is false.

I think that there’s a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, factually, and semantically correct than about being morally right.

I am a historian. I do a lot of research, and I try to get it right.

If someone does learn about the world from reading a novel of mine, that makes me very happy. It's probably not what brings me into the novel in the first place - I usually am pulled in by some big question about the world and human nature that I'm not going to resolve in the course of the novel. But I'm very devoted to getting my facts straight.