The historian, essentially, wants more documents than he can really use; the dramatist only wants more liberties than he can really take.
3 Kalki 20:47, 15 April 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4. 3 InvisibleSun 22:33, 15 April 2007 (UTC) 1 Zarbon 23:52, 22 April 2008 (UTC) A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it. ~ Thornton Wilder
The historian, essentially, wants more documents than he can really use; the dramatist only wants more liberties than he can really take.
Henry James