Quotes About Author

I didn't realize the president was such an historian.

Oh no, I'm not a historian or anything like that.

I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college. What I've learned about history is in the field, so to speak. Going into the archives and working with it directly.

Historians are the consummate hairdressers of the literary world: cooing in public, catty in private.

I actually worked in the general market for many years writing steamy historical romance, and I had more freedom in the Christian market than I ever did in the general market to write about any issue that I needed to write about.

I am not someone who believes I am going to find a historical scoop.

I have just finished my novel (rough draft). It is to be called 'Anacoluthon.' This will make the public think it is an historical romance.

We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy.

I turned to historical films because they pass censors more easily.

Anyone who says a movie about history is a historical document is crazy.

I'm grateful to play at Wembley - it is a very historical place - but it is not the same feeling as White Hart Lane.

After writing several chapter books, I found my true passion: historical fiction.

I like writing historical fiction.

I am in the interesting position of being sometimes skimmed by the critics and called literature and sometimes called historical fiction.

I've always been drawn to historical fiction.

Cultural concepts are one of the most fascinating things about historical fiction.

Amazon has historically been a bully, and I don't shop there. But I love Goodreads. For the record.

Yes colorism does exist if you look at historically what's happened as far as crossing over to pop radio.

I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.

De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.

You can't rewrite the history books; you can't eliminate the impact of my work and my characters.

I had these fashion history books that I really enjoyed looking at. I liked costumes and used to wear them to school until I got beat up for it.

There was no avoiding the fact that we were going to hit our debt ceiling.

There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance.