Appearing Quote by James D'arcy

All fiction comes from a little bit of reality, otherwise it would have no relevance. The fun is in innovation, take something real like…

— Garrison Keillor

As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work.

— Joseph Boyden

You're in a very nice position as an actor when you're portraying a piece of history that actually happened and portraying characters that actually…

— Jamie Dornan

Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human beings.

— Helen Cam

Fiction is history, human history, or it is nothing.

— Joseph Conrad

If you're writing something that's clearly labelled as an alternative history, of course it's perfectly legitimate to play with known historical characters and events,…

— Diana Gabaldon

The fact is fiction is always a representation of life, sometimes the lives of famous people.

— Varley O'Connor

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

— Guy Vanderhaeghe

Fiction is ideally suited to re-creating the important emotional aspects of history.

— Alix Kates Shulman

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

— George R. R. Martin

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

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

“As a historian, I found myself all too often treating my historical subjects like fictional characters, malleable entities that could be made to do…

— Lauren Willig