Bigs Quote by Jonathan Coe

I think what I was after was a unifying story that could bring everything together, that could give me a sense of the whole…

— David Christian

The characters I like offer a room for imagination about their untold past and future, even when the given scripts don't explain enough about…

— Lee Je-hoon

I like the stories with the historical themes.

— Sarah Sutton

I don't beat at the details, but I do always keep in mind that anything that isn't A) moving the story forward or B)…

— Jim Shepard

I love covering stories that have huge historic impacts.

— Wolf Blitzer

This is what I think is fun about fiction - you get to use as much history as you want as scaffolding and then…

— Robin Sloan

In a way, I see my fiction as having moved in that direction - and the characters as dealing simultaneously with their personal history…

— Frederick Busch

I've managed to include only enough historical detail to give the "flavor" of the time period while keeping the characters and story focal.

— Julie Klassen

My attraction to story is a ceaseless current that runs through the center of me. My inexhaustible ardor for reading seems connected to my…

— Pat Conroy

One hopes that each piece contains enough space for several narratives.

— Kiki Smith

I like stories. I like to figure out how history ties to the present.

— Jim Nantz

I tend to like to read history - recent history, because I find that much more intriguing than just a writer's imagination.

— Jesse Ventura