Bigs Quote by Erik Larson

As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.

— Nathaniel Philbrick

I don't read many popular histories like the ones I write. The building blocks for my research are scholarly monographs, and the inspiration for…

— Rick Perlstein

I've been writing big stories of history, but there are a lot of fascinating little stories.

— H. W. Brands

I am trying to reach people who would not normally head for the history section of a book shop or a library to try…

— Princess Michael of Kent

My first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand.

— Stephen Hawking

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 read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a…

— Jonathan Carroll

I read numerous books - loads in fact - and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into the subject…

— Rick Wakeman

Other than fiction and poetry I tend to read history.

— Stephen Dobyns

I like reading about the past. I'm definitely not a history buff, but I do read a bit of history now and again, and…

— James McAvoy

Of all studies, the most delightful and the most useful is biography. The seeds of great events lie near the surface; historians delve too…

— Walter Savage Landor

I've always enjoyed reading history, particularly presidential biographies.

— Seth Grahame-Smith