Amount Quote by Robert E. Howard

“One difference between the West and the South, I came to realize in 1970, was this: in the South they remained convinced that they…

— Joan Didion

I've always been interested in the Southwest. There isn't a place in the world you can go where they don't know about cowboys and…

— Cormac McCarthy

“Separating fact and fiction in Inca history is impossible, because virtually all the sources available are Spanish accounts of stories that had already been…

— Mark Adams

Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own history based on, but not limited by, facts.

— John Steinbeck

How come trying to explode myths about Texas always winds up reinforcing them?

— Molly Ivins

If you write a book set in the past about something that happened east of the Mississippi, it's a 'historical novel.' If you write…

— Louis L'Amour

“History covers the Texas landscape like a multi-covered quilt, each square particular to different cultures and traditions.”

— G.H. Lambert

If you write a book about a bygone period that lies east of the Mississippi River, then it's a historical novel. If it's west…

— Louis L'Amour

The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together who usually…

— Genevieve Gorder

I didn't know much about Texas when I moved there for graduate school. In my first or second semester, I took a class in…

— Philipp Meyer

The act of choosing what to place in your piece when you're a historian or a non-fiction writer already renders it into fiction for…

— James McBride

Southern writing is regional: it includes dialect, settings, and cultural traditions from that region. However the themes and story conflicts are universal. My challenge…

— Mary Alice Monroe