I usually dread writing non-fiction. I don't feel…

In high school, I was very active in extracurricular activities such as art, theatre, and choir. I also wrote for the school newspaper, but…

— Meg Cabot

I have been tossing around the idea of writing some non-fiction. Maybe a collection of short stories about my experience being a mom and…

— Melissa Peterman

I like writing non-fiction - and when you pick a [non-fiction] subject, it saves you the hassle of coming up with a plot.

— Richard Hell

It would have been very easy to drift into writing a non-fiction book so by taking it away from Nottingham I forced myself to…

— Jon McGregor

I'm not writing non-fiction. I don't feel anything about me as a kid was unique. Except that I had more interest in being alone…

— John Irving

Autobiographical writings, essays, interviews, various other things... All the non-fiction prose I wanted to keep, that was the idea behind this collected volume, which…

— Paul Auster

“With the outside world damp and grey, she had the perfect excuse to hide herself away at the cottage again—except this time, instead of…

— Melody Grace

“Some days I dread writing dreadfully, but I do it anyway. I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to writing something better.…

— Anne Quindlen

Just going through a lot in my life, becoming more confident in myself, writing my own music and just really getting in the studio…

— Paris Hilton

I used to personally dread writing lyrics. Because I never really understood how to do it. And for some reason, in this band I'm…

— Leisha Hailey

I always wanted to write about comics and I have written little things here and there but I am not confident in my writing.

— Charles Forsman

I feel confident writing on my feet with improv, but it's different when you're sitting down and writing it out.

— Amy Sedaris

I've got to keep on writing. That's non-negotiable. At the same time, one has to look at the world and recognise that writing is…

— Uzodinma Iweala

I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know.

— Paloma Elsesser

Seneca devoted much of his time to writing essays in praise of poverty, and in lending money at usurious rates.

— Josh Billings