Enough Quote by William Zinsser

I think there have been some periods when the writing almost became a bit of a burden.

— Leo Ornstein

I think people are gravitating towards these period dramas because I think they're looking for a simpler time.

— Jeremy Piven

All writers have periods when they stop writing, when they cannot write, and this is always painful and terrible because writing is like breathing.

— Audre Lorde

Usually, ordinary histories don't get the emotional feel of a period. That's what a novel can do.

— Alix Kates Shulman

With any period piece I think the thing to do is forget that it's not contemporary when you're writing and to have the characters…

— Steven Knight

A lot of period pieces we see are adaptations of novels - we always know the story.

— Joanne Froggatt

Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.

— George Stephen

A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.

— Emily Blunt

The thing with being on a series that runs that long is that the writers run out of things to do.

— Ted Shackelford

What you have to understand about period drama is that it's 'history light.

— Julian Fellowes

A lot of first novels are written long before they're actually put down on paper.

— Roger Ebert

That's the moment you look for as a writer, when the characters start telling you what they are doing rather than you telling them.

— Mike Bartlett