Always Quote by George R. R. Martin

I just love historical fiction.

— Jennifer Donnelly

It's kind of alarming for me to realize that, when I'm writing stories about times I remember, it's already historical fiction.

— Wendell Berry

Historical fiction is a collaboration between the time in which it's written and the time that it's writing about and the far future, when…

— Emily Barton

I'm a big historical-fiction fan.

— Katherine Langford

One thing I like about historical fiction is that I'm not constantly focusing on me, or people like me; you're obliged to concentrate on…

— Emma Donoghue

Historical fiction is simply fiction set in the past, and should be judged as such.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

Historical fiction is not history. You're blending real events and actual historical personages with characters of your own creation.

— George R. R. Martin

Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at…

— Edward Rutherfurd

I've always been drawn to historical fiction.

— Karin Slaughter

I do not love fiction, I love history.

— Duane Hanson

Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take for granted,…

— Sara Sheridan

History tells us what people do; historical fiction helps us imagine how they felt.

— Guy Vanderhaeghe