Steven Saylor
Steven Saylor
Steven Sayloris an American author of historical novels. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied history and classics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth23 March 1956
CountryUnited States of America
nose painter reader sees
I'm like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.
wall past reality
Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of Amazon women begins with the fierce Greek huntress Atalanta, but takes us deep into the past and as far afield as the Great Wall of China. With the restless curiosity and meticulous scholarship that have become her hallmark, the author once again has found a gap in my bookshelf and filled it, admirably.
expression ideas evil
Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil.
cities mind sun
There is a fine sense of freedom that comes from wandering about a familiar city with no particular destination in mind, with no one to meet, no duties, no obligations. I had nothing to do and a thousand nameless, sun-drenched streets to do it in.
kings mistake boys
When I was a boy, my grandfather taught me the list of kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius the Elder, Servius Tullius. Tarquinius the Proud was to be the last, the very last, cast out and replaced forever by something called a republic. A mockery! A mistake! An experiment that failed! Today is the republic’s final day. Tomorrow, men will shout in the Forum, ‘All hail King Coriolanus!