Clue Quote by Jean M. Auel

Historical novels are about costumery. I think that's the magic and mystery of fiction. I don't want to write historical fiction but I do…

— Chang-Rae Lee

I wanted to be a novelist from a very early age - 11 or 12 - but I don't think I ever thought I…

— Pat Barker

I was a journalism major, and I would take creative writing classes as part of that, but I would also look for opportunities to…

— George R. R. Martin

Prejudice exists and probably will continue to 'but we have tried to make progress and we are making progress. We are not going to…

— Robert Kennedy

My star will probably continue to rise, and I will start hanging out with Beyonce and Jay-Z and take them to a Toby Carvery.

— Lewis Capaldi

I'll probably continue writing songs about New York until I die.

— Rostam Batmanglij

In chess, you have to bring all the pieces into the game. It is about development. In writing, you have to develop the story.

— Gza

Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director.

— John Lasseter

On the 'Tom and Jerry's,' Joe and I would sit across a desk from each other and develop the story. Joe would do the…

— William Hanna

“A series of different questions must be raised when trying to understand a story. A sampling of those questions might be the following: Who…

— Haddon W. Robinson

I didn't need to write historical epics, no, or science fiction, though I read a lot of science fiction as a kid and rather…

— John Updike

If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes.

— Nancy Horan