I've always felt that no one understands why some books of…

Ideally, writers and narrative designers should be included much earlier in the process, where they can be of most benefit. However, although the industry…

— Rhianna Pratchett

I'm a novelist, I'm not an activist. I'm not a non-fiction writer, I'm not a journalist. I'm not a foodie, I'm not even really…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Historians turning their hands to fiction are all the rage. Since Alison Weir led the way in 2006, an ever-growing number of established non-fiction…

— Saul David

I'd be surprised if non-fiction writers hate to be interviewed. We all hate them, because there's really nothing to say except "Read the book."…

— Jonathan Franzen

When you're not doing fiction, there's a limit to how much illustrating you can do with your work. I mean, you can do fine.…

— Miranda July

I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to…

— Alain de Botton

To my mind, the prose in a non-fiction work that's going to endure has to be of the same quality as the prose in…

— Robert Caro

We are living in an era of such interesting new forms, and certainly narrative non-fiction has emerged as a major form. People who are…

— Daniel Mendelsohn

Technically and logically speaking, actual Victorian science fiction writers cannot be dubbed 'steampunks.' Although they utilized many of the same tropes and touchstones employed…

— Paul Di Filippo

“Good fiction writers have an instinctive understanding of human nature. That's what makes stories and characters captivating. Good spiritual writers share what they sincerely…

— Donna Goddard

Rejection slips, or form letters, however tactfully phrased, are lacerations of the soul, if not quite inventions of the devil-but there is no way…

— Isaac Asimov

Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens.

— Rudy Rucker

The beginning of human knowledge is through the senses, and the fiction writer begins where the human perception begins. He appeals through the senses,…

— Flannery O'Connor

It is popular to believe that in order to see clearly one must believe nothing. This may work well enough if you are observing…

— Flannery O'Connor

“Ron Carlson says, 'The most undervalued craft device that fiction writers need is empathy. You need to be able to actually imagine what your…

— Barbara DeMarco-Barrett