I really enjoy doing both, but I didn't write nonfiction until 1994. — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“As the baby grows bigger, she [wet nurse] will chew his meat for him.” — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“Twins need to know that they can be alone without their twin.” — Joan A. Friedman Ph D Copy Share Image
In reference works, as in sin, omission is as bad as willful misbehavior. — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
My reading preferences are kind of all over the board - I read nonfiction, I read graphic novels. — Dav Pilkey Copy Share Image
“Get immersed in the beauty that surrounds you. No filters, edits, or adjustments. Experience the colors, sounds, textures and smells within your… — C. Toni Graham Copy Share Image
“My limitless ability to weave time and space does not make me a god - just a da-n good writer.” — Edmund Alexander Sims Copy Share Image
I've long been interested in the role of 'minor characters' in major events. This has been the focus of a lot of… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
“Losing is hard for everyone, but losing a race you thought you would win is devastating.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
I like detective stories and spy novels, but I also like nonfiction, and of course cookbooks. — Paul Wahlberg Copy Share Image
Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable. — Jerry B. Jenkins Copy Share Image
“Maybe love is something we’re meant to say casually and not regard as a prize from a treasure chest that a person… — Jen Glantz Copy Share Image
In fiction, when you paint yourself into a corner, you can write a pair of suction cups onto the bottoms of your… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
When I write nonfiction, it's always absolutely true. There will be no moment in my nonfiction where I have made something up… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Great brands and great businesses have to be great storytellers, too. We have to tell stories - emotive, compelling stories - and… — Angela Ahrendts Copy Share Image
People seem to read so much more nonfiction than fiction, and so it always gives me great pleasure to introduce a friend… — Chris Bohjalian Copy Share Image
Nonfiction writers are the packhorses of literature. We're meant to carry the story. If we can make it up and down the… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
“So it turns out I wasn't the only Jew at the rally. There were two and a half more. Not protesting against… — John Safran Copy Share Image
In early drafts, one of the trickiest things for me to do was to realize that the techniques and devices that make… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
If a reader believes that everything in nonfiction or history is just objectively true, I don't really know what to tell them,… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
If you're writing a book where you want to make a positive truth claim, then you should absolutely call it nonfiction or… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
“Unlike uplifting light fiction, narrative nonfiction’s trammeled territory provides no safe room where an unnerved writer can banish their unpleasant memories. Narrative… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“It’s a powerful experience, shitting. There’s something magical about it, profound even. I think God made humans shit in the way we… — Trevor Noah, Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Copy Share Image
“Eucharisteo means 'to give thanks,' and give is a verb, something that we do. God calls me to do thanks. to give… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
“I still care about physical books, gravitate to handsome editions and pretty dust jackets, and enjoy seeing rows of hardcovers on my… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“I think the distinction between fiction and nonfiction is less about “Did it really happen or was it made up?” than it… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
If anything, I've found nonfiction a little easier. You don't have to make anything up. Of course, that's the inherent difficulty as… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
“Who trusts the Bridge Builder when you wake to snow on your blankets and winter blasting through cracked walls and dinner for… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
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