Antonia Fraser Quotes

Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world.

I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.

I like the stories with the historical themes.

But I don't read a lot of fiction. I prefer the nonfiction stuff.

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

I much prefer writing fiction. History books, for me, are very hard work, very serious.

I've done quite a few things based on real events or real people, and I think that's always really interesting that you can read about them or, if you're lucky, you can meet them.

I read all the time... I read a lot of history books.

If you read any of my books, they tend to have a strong historical perspective.

I like writing historical fiction.

I love anything to do with history.

Generally, I read nonfiction. There's very little fiction that I enjoy enough to spend my time reading. I am generally a nonfiction guy.

I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject.

I like to read about subjects unrelated to my work, especially history.

I like historical things; I like researching things.

There I was limited to what happened the same way I am with Riel. It doesn't feel like a great burden to have your story, to some degree, set. I am enjoying figuring out what I think is the most dramatic way of telling this set of historical facts.

I write novels, mostly historical ones, and I try hard to keep them accurate as to historical facts, milieu and flavor.

From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I had a choice. I read a lot of things, but history had a special appeal for me.

I'm such a history-nerd that, with time for research, I could probably enjoy writing in just about any time period.

There are not many academic disciplines that have their own section in a book store. History is one.

Historical fiction is simply fiction set in the past, and should be judged as such.

I read certain things about history. I don't like fiction. I read about stuff that's real, stuff that's goin' on in the world.

I love being educated by historical novels.

I like books. I read a lot, to be honest.

I'm a big fan of non-fiction, and I am a believer that fact is much more exciting than fiction.