Scott Snyder Quotes

History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting.

I read more history books than anything else.

I definitely love history. I'm not formally trained or educated in history, but you could say I did go back to college in 2008 to do Untold History of the United States. That took five years. Co-author Peter Kuznick has been teaching history for something like 35 years, at American University and other places. His group of researchers brought me into contact with a lot of books.

I had no interest in history classes. In fact, I used to sleep in history classes, I used to bunk classes. But that is how students are supposed to be, no? I developed an interest in history much later. I have made a few films based on historical facts.

When you tell people you're in history, they give you this pained expression because that was the course they hated in high school. But history can be exciting, intellectually rigorous, and fun.

I do enjoy history. That's one of the things that I love about acting is you get a chance to really dive into history and develop a real personal opinion about it.

I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.

I love to read history books, which is where I get my ideas. I also read historical romance for pleasure.

There has always been interest in certain phases and aspects of history - military history is a perennial bestseller, the Civil War, that sort of thing. But I think that there is a lot of interest in historical biography and what's generally called narrative history: history as story-telling.

I am a great student and fan of history.

I love history. It was the only thing I did well at in school. I'm not ashamed to admit that I was not a good student but I was great at history.

When I was a kid, I thought history was the most boring subject of all. I shouldn't blame my teachers; I should blame me, but I'll blame them.

I like historical pieces. History was my favorite subject in school, it was the only subject I excelled in. I love the idea of history and the idea that we may have the opportunity to learn from our past mistakes.

Before I'm a zombie nerd, before I'm a science-fiction nerd, I am a history nerd.

As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.

I love history, so I do a lot of movies about history.

I love history because when you strip away the social and political aspects, it's really just a bunch of fun stories.

I'm really interested in modern history, but to fulfill a History degree at Brown you have to do modern and pre-modern.

I read a lot of history for fun.

I was always pretty interested in my history. Not just the history of the Caribbean, the history of my people, but all walks of life.

I was very interested in history, but I also thought, you know, history is not that interesting sometimes, and it can feel a bit medicinal.

I grew up loving history.

History is a string full of knots, the best you can do is admire it, and maybe tie it up a bit more. History is a hammock for swinging and a game for playing.

I just read history books. I read nothing but history books. They have so much to give; I wish I'd majored in history in college.

I have been always fascinated and seduced by history, which I think is very close, very close to literature.