Books Quote by Lynn Coady

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 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 think I'm too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just write what…

— Sarah Dessen

When I began, I thought that the way one should work was to do all the research and then write the book.

— David McCullough

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

A writer could spend years reading already-published books just to gain a grasp of the historical terrain.

— Erik Larson

I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose.

— Jeffery Deaver

I've known several cases of writers who decide to write about something and they research the hell out of it and when they're ready…

— E. L. Doctorow

Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most…

— Jonathan Kellerman

All of my books are about researching. I do all the research and I give it to a writer who can put it in…

— Bill Wyman

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

To do the writing, I have to have time to do research.

— Jean-Jacques Annaud