Baggage Quote by Christopher Castellani

I love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong era. There was more creativity in the air when people…

— Shakira

I think at the start of writing it was less intense topics, and then once I broke the seal I was more comfortable writing…

— Luke Hemmings

I often tell people who want to write historical fiction: don't read all that much about the period you're writing about; read things from…

— Thomas Mallon

I think, with the balance of personal narrative, narrative continuity, and aesthetics, I always lean into what's interesting to me.

— RaMell Ross

The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation.

— John Hope Franklin

One of the wonderful things about being a writer is that you're constantly dredging up some arcane knowledge or long-forgotten experience, rediscovering old passions…

— Christina Baker Kline

If I write nothing but fiction for some time I begin to get stupid, and to feel rather as if it had been a…

— Charlotte Mary Yonge

Sometimes I try to concentrate on the story I would like to write, and I realize that what interests me is something else entirely,…

— Italo Calvino

There are significant moments in everyone's day that can make literature. That's what you ought to write about.

— Raymond Carver

I really just choose stories that are compelling, have interesting trends and characters, and hopefully say something larger about society.

— David Grann

I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they…

— Doris Lessing

The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.

— Frank Herbert