Historical fiction Quote by Peggy Ullman Bell

“Writing historical fiction is a legitimate us of Multiple Personality Disorder.”

— Peggy Ullman Bell

“Historical fiction is a hybrid, a blending of reported reality, reasonable speculation, psychological truth, and the author’s imagination.”

— Philippa Gregory

“History is indeed stranger than fiction. The twists and turns of human history are too outlandish for to be believable in any work of…

— A.E. Samaan

“It’s just what you’re stuck with, the lousy furniture you can’t change. The educated me knows hell’s nothing, a fiction I happened to inherit.…

— Glen Duncan

“History shows us a window into our past. Historical fiction can take us by the and and lead us into that world.”

— Judith Geary

“We all write fiction when we write about the past.”

— Stephen King

“History is fiction.”

— Jennifer Donnelly

Fiction is ideally suited to re-creating the important emotional aspects of history.

— Alix Kates Shulman

“Fiction can, and should, mimic life, with all its messes and discomfort and disquiet. Fiction should also prove just how complicated and troubled many…

— Anonymous

“Writing historical fiction has many common traits with writing sci-fi or fantasy books. The past is another country - a very different world -…

— Sara Sheridan

“Once in a while, when reality is too painful to bear, fiction can help us to restore the fragility of our human condition.”

— Frances Stead Stellers

The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past.

— Antony Beevor