About Quote by Susan Holloway Scott

I cannot write about the past unless I go where history happened. Some make very good armchair historians, I'm not one of them. If…

— Bettany Hughes

I like writing historical fiction.

— Philippa Gregory

I really am enjoying writing more than ever. I feel like I'm so much more focused than I was in the early times.

— Debbie Harry

I like to do the research of history and the creativity of writing fiction. I am creating this thing which I think is twice…

— Philippa Gregory

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

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

— Anonymous

Advice to Persons About to Write History - Don't.

— Lord Acton

I want to write for history, not for the moment.

— David Maraniss

I like reading about the past. I'm definitely not a history buff, but I do read a bit of history now and again, and…

— James McAvoy

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

— Jesse Ventura

I wanted to be a novelist from a very early age - 11 or 12 - but I don't think I ever thought I…

— Pat Barker

I wanted to write history rather than participate in it.

— Samir Nasri