„Pokud spisovatel používá významné historické postavy, nemá čtenář ponětí, co vychází z historických faktů a co je smyšlené.“
Originál: (en) When a novelist uses a major historical character, the reader has no idea what he or she has taken from recorded fact and what has been invented in their re-creation of events.
Zdroj: [Lodge, David, David Lodge, HG Wells: prophet of free love, guardian.co.uk, 2011-03-11, 2011-03-14, http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/11/hg-wells-david-lodge]
