Whether it's fiction or nonfiction, writing takes me to…

At least for me, it takes more knowledge to write fiction than nonfiction. At least about someplace that I begin with a lot of…

— William T. Vollmann

My job, in general, is nonfiction, so writing fiction was liberating. If you can't find the answer to something, you just make it up!

— Jake Tapper

If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.

— Candice Millard

There's no division on my bookshelf between fiction and nonfiction. As far as I'm concerned, fiction is about the truth.

— Arundhati Roy

The difference between fiction and nonfiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable.

— Mark Twain

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.

— Peter Matthiessen

I've long been interested in the role of 'minor characters' in major events. This has been the focus of a lot of the fiction…

— Thomas Mallon

For me, choosing between fiction and nonfiction is really only about picking the right tool for the job.

— Colson Whitehead

I think, about the distinction between fiction and nonfiction. Fiction is not really about anything: it is what it is. But nonfiction - and…

— Geoff Dyer

“look, and I’m sure you’ll be amazed at the wealth of great books—usually there are several hundred freebies in virtually every category of fiction…

— Steve Weber

There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative.

— E. L. Doctorow

I'm open to reading almost anything - fiction, nonfiction - as long as I know from the first sentence or two that this is…

— Amy Tan

It's hard to do fiction and nonfiction simultaneously.

— Erica Jong

Fiction and nonfiction, for me, involve very different processes.

— Chad Harbach

Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be real, but it's true; it goes beyond the garland of facts to…

— Yann Martel