Antonia Fraser Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“As long as you persecute people, you will actually throw up terrorism.”

“I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell.”

“My mother, who was quite sharp when I was young, became utterly mild.”

“I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette.”

“If I write that it was a cold day, you can be sure I know it was a cold day because Pepys told us.”

“It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies.”

“My mother was a politician in my formative years.”

“Ninety-seven is my lucky number.”

“The concentration in my book on Marie Antoinette's childhood and on her family influences. It is surprising how some books actually start with her arrival in France!”