“Strive to be beyond what others perceive you to be, by striving beyond the limits of yourself.” — Debbie Tosun Kilday Copy Share Image
“Writing nonfiction means I tell people's stories for them, not because they're special but because we all are.” — Jo Deurbrouck Copy Share Image
Creative nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and often more accessible. — Lee Gutkind Copy Share Image
I always squirm when I read what's called 'creative nonfiction,' and the writer is lobbing gobs of emotion and language at the… — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
When you're teaching creative nonfiction, it helps to have written about your life in a very open way, because you can say,… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
I've found that in fiction - and this is just the kind of writer I am - I can't really work from… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go,… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a “favorite failure” of yours? Many,… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“In his book Real Presences, George Steiner asks us to "imagine a society in which all talk about the arts, music and… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
Blogging has helped create an expanded awareness of the creative nonfiction genre, generally. But I suspect many bloggers continue to be unaware… — Lee Gutkind Copy Share Image
On 'Catfish,' I'm a co-host and onscreen cameraman, maybe the second onscreen cameraman after Wes Bentley's turn in 'American Beauty,' which is… — Max Joseph Copy Share Image
I really feel like there have been moments of some level of creative nonfiction. I have kind of had to explain or… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
I feel better off doing what I know how to do. I feel a strong element of fictional style in travel writing… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
“I shut my ears, averted my eyes, turning instead to what I thought at the time was pain's antidote: silence. I was… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
Inexperienced fiction and creative nonfiction writers are often told to show, not tell - to write scenes, dramatize, cut exposition, cut summary… — Laurie Alberts Copy Share Image
The word 'creative' refers simply to the use of literary craft in presenting nonfiction—that is, factually accurate prose about real people and… — Lee Gutkind Copy Share Image
