Alive Quote by Stephanie Zacharek

I do not love fiction, I love history.

— Duane Hanson

I really feel sorry for kids who aren't interested in history - recent history, either, because it is this that made us what we…

— Barry Humphries

I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.

— Kate Mosse

Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take for granted,…

— Sara Sheridan

It's a guilty secret of a lot of writers, as you get older you don't read as much fiction as you used to, mainly…

— Terry Pratchett

Certain movies that are trying to evoke history are just like being in an antique store, and all you notice is that all the…

— Ben Katchor

If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then history need not have bothered to go on, and…

— Russell Hoban

It's kind of alarming for me to realize that, when I'm writing stories about times I remember, it's already historical fiction.

— Wendell Berry

History is contemporary. Your understanding of history confirms what you think of the present. It's not neutral. I would be very surprised if people…

— Ken Loach

Those who do not study history are forced to get it from Hollywood.

— Allen Barra

I do think there's not enough film history being taught and appreciated. Maybe it's being taught, but I've heard from professors that young kids…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That's why events are…

— Bill Watterson