Books Quote by David Liss

I'm a huge history buff, so I just love to research, and I'm also slightly lazy.

— Misha Green

Every so often a book comes along that has the power to alter the course of history. Project Animal Farm is that potent.

— John Robbins

I remember a period where my publisher said to me, 'Look, your historical work is selling much better than your contemporary work, so please…

— Emma Donoghue

Let's give the historians something to write about

— Propertius

With historicals, the research is half the fun. Contemporaries are especially easy. People are right out there in front of you; you meet them…

— Heather Graham Pozzessere

“Archive material is vital to the writer of historical fiction.”

— Sara Sheridan

I am a great student and fan of history.

— Zeenat Aman

“History is written by the victors, which is certainly true, but it's also written by the wealthy and the literate.”

— Megan Smolenyak

The great thing about dealing with people about whom we have historical resources, is that if the writing needs work, there's everywhere to go…

— Colin Firth

My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of…

— Lynn Abbey

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

I love those historians that are either very simple or most excellent. Such as are between both (which is the most common fashion), it…

— Michel de Montaigne