As far as reading is concerned, I like historical and…

Political books are so often written from the perspective of the politicians, not from the point of view of the people.

— Jess Phillips

I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place a story…

— Isabel Allende

I like storytelling movies and more than that I like historical movies; and I think someday I'll definitely make a movie about the past…

— Asghar Farhadi

I don't read a lot of fiction, but one of my favorite authors is William Kennedy; his books, to me, almost read like historical…

— Kurt Sutter

I like a good fun chick-lit book as much as I like historical fiction, mysteries, or biographies, I like to be well-rounded!

— Erin Duffy

I think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just write what…

— Sarah Dessen

One thing I like about historical fiction is that I'm not constantly focusing on me, or people like me; you're obliged to concentrate on…

— Emma Donoghue

Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative.

— Aminatta Forna

Saddam Hussein's mind would have been a unique resource for historical, political and psychological research: a resource that is now forever unavailable to scholars...…

— Richard Dawkins

“Teaching social science is at its best meant assisting students in making connections across time and place, both seeking common humanity and coming to…

— Mike Rose

Sisterhood cannot be assumed on the basis of gender; it must be forged in concrete historical and political practice and analysis

— Chandra Talpade Mohanty

When I was younger, I used to be very impatient with anyone who wasn't doing overtly political work. I've since come to feel that…

— Tony Kushner

America has become amnesiac, a country in which forms of historical, political, and moral forgetting are not only willfully practiced but celebrated.

— Henry Giroux

When a spectator approaches a painting with his own particular set of filters or theories, be they historical, political, intellectual or whatever - he…

— Douglas Portway

I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin