Fiction Quote by Philippa Gregory

I just love historical fiction.

— Jennifer Donnelly

I like fiction and the kind of history that gives the grace and flavor of fiction to the past. No bloviation on current events,…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I do not love fiction, I love history.

— Duane Hanson

I don't like fiction, I like reading proper history.

— Tony Pulis

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

— Anthony Doerr

I've always been drawn to historical fiction.

— Karin Slaughter

As a publisher and author, I'm a big fan of historical fiction and also memoir.

— Andrea Davis Pinkney

I like going back and writing fiction.

— Julia Sweeney

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

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

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

— Jesse Ventura

“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

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