Historical Fiction Quotes

• I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know period and develop a story based on that, I will probably continue to do it.

  Jean M. Auel

  Writing, Historical, Fiction

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• History tells us what people do; historical fiction helps us imagine how they felt.

  Guy Vanderhaeghe

  People, Historical, Fiction

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• Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human beings.

  Helen Cam

  Historical, Fiction, Facts

  Helen Maud Cam, Historical Association (Great Britain) (1968). “Historical Novels”

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• Cualquiera puede hacer historia; sólo un gran hombre puede escribirla.

  Oscar Wilde

  Writing, Greatness, Men

  Intenciones "El crítico como artista" pt. 1 (1891)

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• Historical fiction is not history. You're blending real events and actual historical personages with characters of your own creation.

  George R. R. Martin

  Real, Character, Historical

  Source: www.bernardcornwell.net

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• I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.

  Anita Diament

  Nice, Rejection, Historical

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• For me, writing historical fiction is all about finding a balance between reading, traveling, looking, imagining, and dreaming.

  Anthony Doerr

  Dream, Reading, Writing

  Fuente: therumpus.net

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• I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting.

  Antonia Fraser

  Real, Interesting, Historical

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• Al fin y al cabo, por eso leemos ficción histórica: para transportarnos a otra época y asombrarnos de la vida y las tradiciones de los antiguos, como ellos probablemente se asombrarían de las nuestras.

  Michelle Moran

  People, Historical, Fiction

  Michelle Moran (2011). “The Egyptian Royals Collection: Three Historical Novels by Michelle Moran: Nefertiti, The Heretic Queen, and Cleopatra's Daughter”, p.1319, Broadway Books

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• The thing that most attracts me to historical fiction is taking the factual record as far as it is known, using that as scaffolding, and then letting imagination build the structure that fills in those things we can never find out for sure.

  Geraldine Brooks

  Imagination, Historical, Fiction

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• People who wrote literary novels about the past probably didn't want them pegged as historical fiction. Certainly that was true in England.

  Hilary Mantel

  Past, People, Historical

  Fuente: newrepublic.com

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• The power of story is potent and that's why historical fiction can be an extraordinarily significant way of teaching people logical truth propositions, moves you along, moves your emotions as well as informs your intellect.

  Hank Hanegraaff

  Teaching, Moving, People

  Fuente: www.christianpost.com

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• Creo que es muy importante en cualquier ficción histórica anclar la historia en su tiempo. Y eso se consigue entretejiendo esos detalles, aunque parezca mentira, con las cañerías.

  Jacqueline Winspear

  Believe, Thinking, Anchors

  Fuente: www.motherjones.com

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• Why do I write historical fiction? Johnny Tremain, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Island of the Blue Dolphins-that's why. I'll never forget how it felt to read those books. I want to write books with the same power to transport readers into another time and place.

  Jennifer Armstrong

  Book, Writing, Islands

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• Much historical fiction that centers on real people has always been deficient in information, lacking in craft and empty in affect.

  Hilary Mantel

  Real, People, Historical

  "Bring Up the Bodies : A Review and Interview With Booker Prize-winning Author Hilary Mantel". Interview with Ilana Teitelbaum, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 9, 2012.

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• Siempre he considerado la ficción histórica y la fantasía como hermanas bajo la piel, dos géneros separados al nacer.

  George R. R. Martin

  Two, Historical, Skins

  "George R.R. Martin’s Inspiration For ‘A Game Of Thrones’" by George R.R. Martin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 26, 2013.

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• With the historical fictions, I was already doing so much research, and so much of the stories was anchored by historical truth that the move to nonfiction didn't feel all that dramatic - just another half-step to the right.

  Debra Dean

  Moving, Historical, Fiction

  Fuente: therumpus.net

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• I go into any movie that's historical fiction thinking, 'OK, I'm here to watch a work of art, something delivering a series of opinions, and if it's a good work of art, these opinions become so deeply embedded in complexity and richness that I won't even be bothered by the opinions. I'll make my own mind up.'

  Tony Kushner

  Art, Thinking, Historical

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• 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 I know.

  Sarah Dessen

  Writing, Thinking, Historical

  "We heart YA" blog Entrevista, www.weheartya.com. 13 de junio de 2013.

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• I was a journalism major, and I would take creative writing classes as part of that, but I would also look for opportunities to write stories for some of my other classes. So for my course in Scandinavian history, I asked if I could write historical fiction instead of term papers. Sometimes they’d say yes.

  George R. R. Martin

  Writing, Opportunity, Class

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• Most readers of historical fiction are content to just get caught up in a good story, and that is what I want to do as an author. I am not concerned with people knowing exactly what I made up and what is real.

  Melanie Benjamin

  Real, Conocer, Gente

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• Perhaps it is the greatest grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.

  Madeline Miller

  Grief, Gone, Earth

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• Historical fiction is a collaboration between the time in which it's written and the time that it's writing about and the far future, when we don't know what people are going to think about yet.

  Emily Barton

  Escribir, Pensar, Personas

  Fuente: therumpus.net

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• 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

  Writing, Historical, Fiction

  Fuente: www.neh.gov

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• I read mostly historical fiction - lots of stuff set in ancient Rome and ancient Greece. I also liked sci-fi and fantasy: David Gemmell, Raymond E. Feist. It's a nice escape from the world. As much as I do love real-life stories, they can often make you hurt in a way I'd rather not hurt.

  Henry Cavill

  Hurt, Real, Nice

  Entrevista con Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. 31 de mayo de 2013.

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