Fitness Quote by Min Jin Lee

I loved reading historical novels when I was young, but I definitely don't think I wrote one. When I read my book through, when…

— Danielle Dutton

I think at the start of writing it was less intense topics, and then once I broke the seal I was more comfortable writing…

— Luke Hemmings

For me, writing historical fiction is all about finding a balance between reading, traveling, looking, imagining, and dreaming.

— Anthony Doerr

Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing professionally, it…

— David B. Coe

The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of…

— Tracy Kidder

The more and more I got into writing, the harder and harder it became for me. I still love it, but it became much…

— Paloma Elsesser

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

Acing a history test in seventh grade taught me nothing. Failing 95% of my grammar quizzes in eighth grade made me work harder and…

— Harry Enten

I wasn't particularly good at school so always found essay writing hard, so I didn't do that well at English or history, even though…

— Ruby Bentall

Writing a first novel was an arduous crash course. I learned so much in the six years it took me to write it, mostly…

— Rachel Kushner

Holy cow - everything about writing a novel is hard for me.

— Laura van den Berg

I much prefer writing fiction. History books, for me, are very hard work, very serious.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore