Facts Quote by Stef Penney

I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel…

— Helen Dunmore

I enjoy the act of research. I'm researching as a means to an end, but I literally just enjoy reading about how people lived…

— Robert Eggers

I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.

— Hannah Kent

I love research. Sometimes I think writing novels is just an excuse to allow myself this leisurely time of getting to know a period…

— Sarah Waters

My interest in writing about American history stemmed originally, I think, from a subconscious desire to find roots - I felt like a girl…

— Jean Fritz

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

I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.

— Ken Follett

Research for fiction is a funny thing: you go looking for one piece of information, and find something altogether different.

— Nell Freudenberger

I just love historical fiction.

— Jennifer Donnelly

I love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong era. There was more creativity in the air when people…

— Shakira

I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.

— Bruce Sterling

I did go through graduate school and I like to do research, to create something that has a certain objective solidity. The same thing…

— Marilynne Robinson