History Quote by Simon Sebag Montefiore

There's just so many great stories in the past that you can know a little bit about, but you can't know it all, and…

— Geraldine Brooks

Any fictional story will take things from real events.

— Shoojit Sircar

I really like stories, so in a way it doesn't matter for me if they are real or fiction.

— Volker Bertelmann

The telling of stories creates the real world.

— Alberto Manguel

Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a…

— Tahir Shah

The power of story is potent and that's why historical fiction can be an extraordinarily significant way of teaching people logical truth propositions, moves…

— Hank Hanegraaff

I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.

— Adepero Oduye

What a story is, is devious. It pretends transparency, forthrightness. It engages with ordinary people, ordinary matters, recognizable stuff. But this is all a…

— Joy Williams

While researching my first book, I discovered so many fascinating tidbits that I wanted to share them with readers to remind them that while…

— Julie Klassen

True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people…

— Harold Brodkey

Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need to hear…

— Sue Monk Kidd

Stories that are real, that create you, rather than be created by you, are powerful.

— Amy Hardie