Non fiction Quotes · Page 4

“When in doubt, choose the kids .There will be plenty of time to choose work”

— Hyacil Han

“All things work for good for those who love God..." Romans 8:28”

— Adele M. Gill

“Is it objectively wrong to torture innocent babies, just for fun? Is morality relative?”

— Vincent Bozzino

“You Never Have a Second Chance for a First Good Impression”

— Doris-Maria Heilmann

I either like reading fun war-based sci-fi, books about the lives of chefs, or dry historical non-fiction.

— Michael Seibel

If you wanna write non-fiction you have to be interested in the world.

— Robert Christgau

“If you are never open to change things will remain the same, thereby driving you insane.”

— Anonymous

The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction.

— Yann Martel

I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me.

— Peter Benchley

I like to read non-fiction on my e-reader, but as for fiction, I usually like to have a copy to keep at…

— Jenny Han

Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable.

— Saul David

“When work isn’t done properly, it ruins all the energy and effort put into it. Improper work doesn’t bring any outcomes. If…

— Vishal Ostwal

Non-fiction, and in particular the literary memoir, the stylised recollection of personal experience, is often as much about character and story and…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“For my purpose, the non-fiction form of abstract knowledge doesn’t interest me; the final, applied form of fiction, of story, does.”

— Ayn Rand

I used to write fiction, non-fiction, fiction, non-fiction and have a clear pattern because I'd need a break from one style when…

— Zoe Foster Blake

I'm writing another novel and I know what I'm going to do after, which may be something more like this again, maybe…

— Penelope Lively

What I like about mixing fiction and non-fiction is being able to fully explore an idea without being bound by genre. If…

— Helen Humphreys

“Long dismissed as children's stories or 'myths' by Westerners, Australian Aboriginal stories have only recently begun to be taken seriously for what…

— Karl-Erik Sveiby

The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction.…

— Richard Stallman

Now, I'm a failed political consultant. But sometimes fiction has a way of capturing people's imagination in a way that non-fiction doesn't.…

— Joel C. Rosenberg

A couple of pieces of advice for the kids who are serious about writing are: first of all, to read everything you…

— Ann M. Martin

The non-fiction bestseller lists frequently prove that we all want to know more about everything, even if we didn't know that we…

— Nick Hornby

“The lively oral storytelling scene in Scots and Gaelic spills over into the majority English-speaking culture, imbuing it with a strong sense…

— Sara Sheridan

“This principle is taught in Scripture: "We love because he first loved us" (1 John 4:19). In other words, we learn to…

— Henry Cloud

I'm a reluctant writer of non-fiction, in part because I don't really feel qualified.

— William Gibson

“Reading a non-fiction book is like a religious experience.”

— Rachel Perry

“Make your problems become opportunities instead of obstacles.”

— IFEANYI ENOCH ONUOHA

I swing with a lot of torque from non-fiction to fiction, and I really like that place in between.

— Debra Granik

“Once you realize that the imagination is non-fiction, the world is yours”

— Carl Henegan

But I usually read non-fiction; I love Richard Branson books.

— Pooja Bedi

I love the opportunity to just let my imagination run riot! Non-fiction can be very restrictive.

— Raymond Buckland

[I like to read] spiritual books, non-fiction, fiction, I have my moods.

— MC Lyte

Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.

— Gerald Clarke

I made up my mind that I will do fiction in films and non-fiction in TV.

— Javed Jaffrey

I will literally read anything, regardless of genre, fiction or non-fiction, as long as it's well written.

— Diana Gabaldon

“Life is way too short, so try to enjoy every minute of it with a sense of humor!”

— Christina Scalise

Don't make a big distinction between fiction and non-fiction. These are arbitrary distinctions...

— Farley Mowat

I do, however, feel reasonably strongly the sense that the job of a piece of argumentative scholarly non-fiction is not the same…

— China Mieville

The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly.

— Paul Auster

“I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in…

— Cathryn Kemp