Books Quote by Danielle Dutton

Back then, when I had that original idea to write about the seventeenth century, the whole thing was set in 1666. I was thinking…

— Danielle Dutton

I'd studied 16th century science and magic. I thought it was strange that people were interested in the same kinds of things my research…

— Deborah Harkness

“I started out studying literature, but soon discovered that science was where I actually belonged. The contrast made it all the clearer: in science…

— Hope Jahren

The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry,…

— Anonymous

I was a very keen reader of science fiction, and during the time I was going to libraries, it was good, written by people…

— Terry Pratchett

I was very fortunate that my first novel captivated the imaginations of so many readers who asked for a sequel. After that, one book…

— Jennifer Chiaverini

While I was drawn to the Renaissance, my first (unpublished) novels took place in modern times. When the subject of alchemy started creeping into…

— Mary Pope Osborne

By 'scientifiction' I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe type of story-a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and…

— Hugo Gernsback

Writing to me is a voyage, an odyssey, a discovery, because I'm never certain of precisely what I will find.

— Gabriel Fielding

I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write.

— Elizabeth Strout

Today I began the novel that I determined to be great.

— Zane Grey

The story of scientific discovery has its own epic unity-a unity of purpose and endeavour-the single torch passing from hand to hand through the…

— Alfred Noyes