--- title: "18 Writing Historical Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 18 Writing Historical quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Writing Historical sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/barbara-carney-coston-222068_family_i-love-reading-and-writing-historical-fi_3204869.jpg" --- > [“I love reading (and writing) historical fiction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-carney-coston/i-love-reading-and-writing-historical-fiction/) [Barbara Carney-Coston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-carney-coston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/barbara-carney-coston-222068_family_i-love-reading-and-writing-historical-fi_3204869.jpg) > [I like writing historical fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippa-gregory/i-like-writing-historical-fiction/) [Philippa Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippa-gregory/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/600/philippa-gregory-674_fiction_i-like-writing-historical-fiction-483368_483368.png) > [One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical romance is researching inspiring backgrounds and settings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-cornick/one-of-the-things-i-enjoy-most-about-writing-historical-romance-is/) [Nicola Cornick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-cornick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6d/nicola-cornick-35009_about_one-of-the-things-i-enjoy-most-about-wri_1473442.jpg) > [For me, writing historical fiction is all about finding a balance between reading, traveling, looking, imagining, and dreaming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-doerr/for-me-writing-historical-fiction-is-all-about-finding-a-balance/) [Anthony Doerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-doerr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/anthony-doerr-886_balance_for-me-writing-historical-fiction-is-all_652609.png) > [I've always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-kushner/i-ve-always-been-drawn-to-writing-historical-characters-the-best/) [Tony Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-kushner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/tony-kushner-2204_character_i-ve-always-been-drawn-to-writing-histor_1902057.jpg) > [“Writing historical fiction is a legitimate use of Multiple Personality disorder.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-ullman-bell/writing-historical-fiction-is-a-legitimate-use-of-multiple/) [Peggy Ullman Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-ullman-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/peggy-ullman-bell-89602_fiction_writing-historical-fiction-is-a-legitima_2675351.jpg) > [I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-camp/i-taught-english-and-history-so-my-education-for-that-really-helped/) [Candace Camp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-camp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3a/candace-camp-46656_education_i-taught-english-and-history-so-my-educa_236801.jpg) > [“Writing historical fiction is a legitimate us of Multiple Personality Disorder.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-ullman-bell/writing-historical-fiction-is-a-legitimate-us-of-multiple-personality/) [Peggy Ullman Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-ullman-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/peggy-ullman-bell-89602_fiction_writing-historical-fiction-is-a-legitima_2705734.jpg) > [You think you're writing one historical novel and it turns into three, and I'm quite used to a short story turning into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/you-think-you-re-writing-one-historical-novel-and-it-turns-into-three/) [Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/052/hilary-mantel-440_books_you-think-you-re-writing-one-historical_2568252.jpg) > [Some critics said, 'Hey, why are you writing historical novels?' I say they're not historical, they're contemporary, because people walking around who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/per-petterson/some-critics-said-hey-why-are-you-writing-historical-novels-i-say/) [Per Petterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/per-petterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/per-petterson-8468_around_some-critics-said-hey-why-are-you-writin_2979783.png) > [In the course of writing one historical book or another, it has happened that I could hardly restrain myself from simply copying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-doblin/in-the-course-of-writing-one-historical-book-or-another-it-has/) [Alfred Doblin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-doblin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/alfred-doblin-26221_book_in-the-course-of-writing-one-historical_392077.png) > [“Writing historical fiction has many common traits with writing sci-fi or fantasy books. The past is another country - a very different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/writing-historical-fiction-has-many-common-traits-with-writing-sci-fi/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/sara-sheridan-1032_books_writing-historical-fiction-has-many-comm_2970524.jpg) > [Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/writing-historical-novels-can-be-dangerous-we-need-to-be-as-accurate/) [Edward Rutherfurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-rutherfurd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/edward-rutherfurd-12099_about_writing-historical-novels-can-be-dangero_951287.jpg) > [I first started writing historical fiction in the late '70s and kept pictures of Kathleen Woodiwiss and Rosemary Rogers on my refrigerator…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-henley/i-first-started-writing-historical-fiction-in-the-late-70s-and-kept/) [Virginia Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-henley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35b/virginia-henley-27676_advantage_i-first-started-writing-historical-ficti_595027.jpg) > [The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/the-field-of-the-novel-is-very-rich-if-you-re-a-composer-you-re-well/) [Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/salman-rushdie-153_books_the-field-of-the-novel-is-very-rich-if-y_2108144.jpg) > [In writing my historical novels, I have to rely upon my imagination to a great extent. I think of it as 'filling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/in-writing-my-historical-novels-i-have-to-rely-upon-my-imagination-to/) [Sharon Kay Penman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-kay-penman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/sharon-kay-penman-6725_between_in-writing-my-historical-novels-i-have-t_231341.png) > [When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-barker/when-writing-about-historical-characters-i-try-to-be-as-accurate-as/) [Pat Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/pat-barker-12512_about_when-writing-about-historical-characters_100594.jpg) > [For me, writing a historical novel was really hard. I love history as a subject and majored in it in college. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/min-jin-lee/for-me-writing-a-historical-novel-was-really-hard-i-love-history-as-a/) [Min Jin Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/min-jin-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/min-jin-lee-7625_fitness_for-me-writing-a-historical-novel-was-re_1097816.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-historical/#itemlist", "name": "Writing Historical Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I love reading (and writing) historical fiction.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barbara Carney-Coston" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-carney-coston/i-love-reading-and-writing-historical-fiction/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/barbara-carney-coston-222068_family_i-love-reading-and-writing-historical-fi_3204869.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/barbara-carney-coston-222068_family_i-love-reading-and-writing-historical-fi_3204869.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/barbara-carney-coston-222068_family_i-love-reading-and-writing-historical-fi_3204869.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I love reading (and writing) historical fiction.” — Barbara Carney-Coston", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like writing historical fiction.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philippa Gregory" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippa-gregory/i-like-writing-historical-fiction/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/600/philippa-gregory-674_fiction_i-like-writing-historical-fiction-483368_483368.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/600/philippa-gregory-674_fiction_i-like-writing-historical-fiction-483368_483368.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/600/philippa-gregory-674_fiction_i-like-writing-historical-fiction-483368_483368.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like writing historical fiction.” — Philippa Gregory", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical romance is researching inspiring backgrounds and settings.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nicola Cornick" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-cornick/one-of-the-things-i-enjoy-most-about-writing-historical-romance-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6d/nicola-cornick-35009_about_one-of-the-things-i-enjoy-most-about-wri_1473442.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6d/nicola-cornick-35009_about_one-of-the-things-i-enjoy-most-about-wri_1473442.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6d/nicola-cornick-35009_about_one-of-the-things-i-enjoy-most-about-wri_1473442.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical romance is researching inspiring backgrounds and…” — Nicola Cornick", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For me, writing historical fiction is all about finding a balance between reading, traveling, looking, imagining, and dreaming.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anthony Doerr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-doerr/for-me-writing-historical-fiction-is-all-about-finding-a-balance/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/anthony-doerr-886_balance_for-me-writing-historical-fiction-is-all_652609.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/anthony-doerr-886_balance_for-me-writing-historical-fiction-is-all_652609.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/anthony-doerr-886_balance_for-me-writing-historical-fiction-is-all_652609.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For me, writing historical fiction is all about finding a balance between reading, traveling, looking…” — Anthony Doerr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tony Kushner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-kushner/i-ve-always-been-drawn-to-writing-historical-characters-the-best/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/tony-kushner-2204_character_i-ve-always-been-drawn-to-writing-histor_1902057.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/tony-kushner-2204_character_i-ve-always-been-drawn-to-writing-histor_1902057.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/tony-kushner-2204_character_i-ve-always-been-drawn-to-writing-histor_1902057.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history.” — Tony Kushner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Writing historical fiction is a legitimate use of Multiple Personality disorder.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peggy Ullman Bell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-ullman-bell/writing-historical-fiction-is-a-legitimate-use-of-multiple/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/peggy-ullman-bell-89602_fiction_writing-historical-fiction-is-a-legitima_2675351.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/peggy-ullman-bell-89602_fiction_writing-historical-fiction-is-a-legitima_2675351.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/peggy-ullman-bell-89602_fiction_writing-historical-fiction-is-a-legitima_2675351.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Writing historical fiction is a legitimate use of Multiple Personality disorder.” — Peggy Ullman Bell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Candace Camp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-camp/i-taught-english-and-history-so-my-education-for-that-really-helped/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3a/candace-camp-46656_education_i-taught-english-and-history-so-my-educa_236801.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3a/candace-camp-46656_education_i-taught-english-and-history-so-my-educa_236801.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3a/candace-camp-46656_education_i-taught-english-and-history-so-my-educa_236801.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical…” — Candace Camp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Writing historical fiction is a legitimate us of Multiple Personality Disorder.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peggy Ullman Bell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-ullman-bell/writing-historical-fiction-is-a-legitimate-us-of-multiple-personality/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/peggy-ullman-bell-89602_fiction_writing-historical-fiction-is-a-legitima_2705734.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/peggy-ullman-bell-89602_fiction_writing-historical-fiction-is-a-legitima_2705734.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/peggy-ullman-bell-89602_fiction_writing-historical-fiction-is-a-legitima_2705734.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Writing historical fiction is a legitimate us of Multiple Personality Disorder.” — Peggy Ullman Bell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You think you're writing one historical novel and it turns into three, and I'm quite used to a short story turning into a novel - that's happened through my whole career.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hilary Mantel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/you-think-you-re-writing-one-historical-novel-and-it-turns-into-three/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/052/hilary-mantel-440_books_you-think-you-re-writing-one-historical_2568252.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/052/hilary-mantel-440_books_you-think-you-re-writing-one-historical_2568252.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/052/hilary-mantel-440_books_you-think-you-re-writing-one-historical_2568252.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You think you're writing one historical novel and it turns into three, and I'm quite used to a short story…” — Hilary Mantel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some critics said, 'Hey, why are you writing historical novels?' I say they're not historical, they're contemporary, because people walking around who lived through this, even a little bit, they carry it inside. The contemporary isn't just what you can see now.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Per Petterson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/per-petterson/some-critics-said-hey-why-are-you-writing-historical-novels-i-say/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/per-petterson-8468_around_some-critics-said-hey-why-are-you-writin_2979783.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/per-petterson-8468_around_some-critics-said-hey-why-are-you-writin_2979783.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/per-petterson-8468_around_some-critics-said-hey-why-are-you-writin_2979783.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Some critics said, 'Hey, why are you writing historical novels?' I say they're not historical, they're…” — Per Petterson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the course of writing one historical book or another, it has happened that I could hardly restrain myself from simply copying entire documents. Indeed, I sometimes sank down among the documents and said to myself, I can't improve on these.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alfred Doblin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-doblin/in-the-course-of-writing-one-historical-book-or-another-it-has/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/alfred-doblin-26221_book_in-the-course-of-writing-one-historical_392077.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/alfred-doblin-26221_book_in-the-course-of-writing-one-historical_392077.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/alfred-doblin-26221_book_in-the-course-of-writing-one-historical_392077.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the course of writing one historical book or another, it has happened that I could hardly restrain myself…” — Alfred Doblin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Writing historical fiction has many common traits with writing sci-fi or fantasy books. The past is another country - a very different world - and historical readers want to see, smell and touch what it was like living there.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sara Sheridan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/writing-historical-fiction-has-many-common-traits-with-writing-sci-fi/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/sara-sheridan-1032_books_writing-historical-fiction-has-many-comm_2970524.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/sara-sheridan-1032_books_writing-historical-fiction-has-many-comm_2970524.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/sara-sheridan-1032_books_writing-historical-fiction-has-many-comm_2970524.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Writing historical fiction has many common traits with writing sci-fi or fantasy books. The past is another…” — Sara Sheridan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at the same time as creating our fictional characters and, hopefully, telling a good story. The challenge is weaving the fiction into the history.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward Rutherfurd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-rutherfurd/writing-historical-novels-can-be-dangerous-we-need-to-be-as-accurate/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/edward-rutherfurd-12099_about_writing-historical-novels-can-be-dangero_951287.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/edward-rutherfurd-12099_about_writing-historical-novels-can-be-dangero_951287.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/edward-rutherfurd-12099_about_writing-historical-novels-can-be-dangero_951287.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical…” — Edward Rutherfurd", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I first started writing historical fiction in the late '70s and kept pictures of Kathleen Woodiwiss and Rosemary Rogers on my refrigerator until my first book was published by Avon in 1982. The biggest advantage of this genre for me is that it allows me to blend fact and fiction.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Virginia Henley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-henley/i-first-started-writing-historical-fiction-in-the-late-70s-and-kept/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35b/virginia-henley-27676_advantage_i-first-started-writing-historical-ficti_595027.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35b/virginia-henley-27676_advantage_i-first-started-writing-historical-ficti_595027.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35b/virginia-henley-27676_advantage_i-first-started-writing-historical-ficti_595027.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I first started writing historical fiction in the late '70s and kept pictures of Kathleen Woodiwiss and…” — Virginia Henley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Salman Rushdie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/the-field-of-the-novel-is-very-rich-if-you-re-a-composer-you-re-well/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/salman-rushdie-153_books_the-field-of-the-novel-is-very-rich-if-y_2108144.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/salman-rushdie-153_books_the-field-of-the-novel-is-very-rich-if-y_2108144.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/salman-rushdie-153_books_the-field-of-the-novel-is-very-rich-if-y_2108144.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition…” — Salman Rushdie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In writing my historical novels, I have to rely upon my imagination to a great extent. I think of it as 'filling in the blanks.' Medieval chroniclers could be callously indifferent to the needs of future novelists. But I think there is a great difference between filling in the blanks and distorting known facts.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sharon Kay Penman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-kay-penman/in-writing-my-historical-novels-i-have-to-rely-upon-my-imagination-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/sharon-kay-penman-6725_between_in-writing-my-historical-novels-i-have-t_231341.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/sharon-kay-penman-6725_between_in-writing-my-historical-novels-i-have-t_231341.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/sharon-kay-penman-6725_between_in-writing-my-historical-novels-i-have-t_231341.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In writing my historical novels, I have to rely upon my imagination to a great extent. I think of it as…” — Sharon Kay Penman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they held. With a real historical figure you have to be fair, and this is not an obligation you have in dealing with your own creations, so it is quite different.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pat Barker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-barker/when-writing-about-historical-characters-i-try-to-be-as-accurate-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/pat-barker-12512_about_when-writing-about-historical-characters_100594.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/pat-barker-12512_about_when-writing-about-historical-characters_100594.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/pat-barker-12512_about_when-writing-about-historical-characters_100594.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to…” — Pat Barker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For me, writing a historical novel was really hard. I love history as a subject and majored in it in college. I think, in a way, my training made it worse for me because I knew how important it was to focus on document-based analysis, and I really didn't want to get stuff wrong.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Min Jin Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/min-jin-lee/for-me-writing-a-historical-novel-was-really-hard-i-love-history-as-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/min-jin-lee-7625_fitness_for-me-writing-a-historical-novel-was-re_1097816.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/min-jin-lee-7625_fitness_for-me-writing-a-historical-novel-was-re_1097816.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/min-jin-lee-7625_fitness_for-me-writing-a-historical-novel-was-re_1097816.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For me, writing a historical novel was really hard. I love history as a subject and majored in it in…” — Min Jin Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-historical/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-historical/", "name": "Writing Historical Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-historical/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/barbara-carney-coston-222068_family_i-love-reading-and-writing-historical-fi_3204869.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 18 Writing Historical quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Writing Historical sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-historical/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-historical/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Writing Historical Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-historical/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```