Books Quote by Ken Follett

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

— Jesse Ventura

I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel…

— Helen Dunmore

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

I enjoy the act of research. I'm researching as a means to an end, but I literally just enjoy reading about how people lived…

— Robert Eggers

I enjoy the research element. There are so many stories from the past that interest me, that I want to learn more about, just…

— John Boyne

I find that nowadays it's just gotten harder for me to read for fun. It feels like all of my reading is research-based.

— Gene Luen Yang

I really enjoy researching, and for almost every piece, I research enough to write a book.

— Jon Krakauer

I love research. Sometimes I think writing novels is just an excuse to allow myself this leisurely time of getting to know a period…

— Sarah Waters

I like to do the research of history and the creativity of writing fiction. I am creating this thing which I think is twice…

— Philippa Gregory

I love doing the research for the novels. For me, the writing is hard work.

— Clive Cussler

Other than fiction and poetry I tend to read history.

— Stephen Dobyns

I find research fascinating and always conduct some before I begin writing, and then fill in the rest as needed. I read stacks of…

— Julie Klassen