I do think that calling a book nonfiction affirms a kind of responsibility to an attempt at truth. — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
“Most important thing in life is family, Without them you are nothing. Whatever you do will be worth nothing, If there is… — Akash Lakhotia Copy Share Image
In Bosnian, there's no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there's no word describing that. — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
My entire career, in fiction or nonfiction, I have reported and written about people who are not like me. — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
“The real problem of life is never a lack of time. The real problem of life - in my life - is… — Ann Voscamp Copy Share Image
“…and on occasion I like to write in pencil, because I need to know that I can erase the words, even if… — Bruce Black Copy Share Image
“The difference between nonfiction and fiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Fiction is nothing but non-fiction couched to conceal the identity of the writer.” — Tapan Ghosh Copy Share Image
“Protein, so far as we know, does not replicate itself all by itself, not on this planet anyway. Looked at this way,… — D. T. Max Copy Share Image
“It is not always a bad thing for you to be challenged by life and to struggle; however, as you go through… — Meghan Wier Copy Share Image
A nonfiction author has to bring a platform with him - radio, a TV show or some kind of recognizable vehicle to… — Larry Kirshbaum Copy Share Image
The pleasure of nonfiction is that it takes all of that sort of artistic and observational skill, but then there's a more… — Ted Genoways Copy Share Image
I'm very, very leery of nonfiction books where they change timeframes and use - what do they call those things? - composite… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Redheaded Peckerwood, which unerringly walks the fine line between fiction and nonfiction, is a disturbingly beautiful narrative about unfathomable violence and its… — Luc Sante Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is for me a fraught business, an occasion of daily dread for at least the first half of the novel,… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I'm not a poet, but I was in the poetry program. And I'm also not much of a nonfiction writer, at least… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
All I really know in nonfiction is that when I come home, I've got all these notes and I'm trying to figure… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Right’ was not how I would describe the AFL’s decision to play our final against Geelong at Skilled Stadium. It had always… — Matthew Pavlich Copy Share Image
With nonfiction, I had to learn how to be a clear communicator, but it was also a relief to be able to… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
“I believe that there is something in all of us that is seeking expression, that wants to be heard, that wants to… — Robin D. Hart Copy Share Image
“Genocide, after all, is an exercise in community building. A vigorous totalitarian order requires that the people be invested in the leader's… — Philip Gourevitch Copy Share Image
“Jenny slowly awoke on the sacrificial altar to an Ethereal Light that flamed through the east wall, a radiant aura of love… — Judy Byington Copy Share Image
“Trauma's storm can mask the Christ and feelings can lie. I draw all the hurting voices close and I tough their scars… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
I've been making 16mm urban landscape films about San Francisco for many years. I choose different nonfiction themes to investigate and am… — Jenni Olson Copy Share Image
I'm all about nonfiction. I rarely read fiction. I like to read about things that really happened, facts, real life situations. That's… — Phil Keoghan Copy Share Image
“It’s up to us to make the choice to be grateful even when things aren’t going well.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative. — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
“I never look at a painting and ask, "Is this painting fictional or non-fictional?" It's just a painting.” — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
“The foundation of adult trust is not "You will never hurt me." It is "I trust myself with whatever you do.” — David Richo Copy Share Image
If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward. — Candice Millard Copy Share Image
I've written six novels and four pieces of nonfiction, so I don't really have a genre these days. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Each of us is a book waiting to be written, and that book, if written, results in a person explained.” — Thomas M. Cirignano Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to believe there are people that don’t read books. There’s so much magic in words and well told stories.” — C. Toni Graham Copy Share Image
“Nevoia de a crește și de a trăi intens e atât de puternică în mine, încât nu-i pot rezista. Voi lucra, îmi… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
When you start reading nonfiction books about piracy, you realize that it's actually just a history of desperate people. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I can't even imagine writing nonfiction by hand. I think if I didn't have a computer, I just couldn't do it. Maybe… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
“When facing a decision that stands a 50/50 chance of being correct, the choice made will be wrong 80% of the time. Rick Coxen” — Frederick L Coxen Copy Share Image
“The elements of the written word can be purely magical. I read and I write...I inspire and I’m living.” — C. Toni Graham Copy Share Image
“Freaks become norms, and norms become extinct. Monster by monster, evolution advanced” — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
My job, in general, is nonfiction, so writing fiction was liberating. If you can't find the answer to something, you just make… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
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