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> [Nonfiction is easy and fiction is hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-patchett/nonfiction-is-easy-and-fiction-is-hard/)

[Ann Patchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-patchett/)

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> [I don't think Pulp Fiction is hard to watch at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-don-t-think-pulp-fiction-is-hard-to-watch-at-all/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/quentin-tarantino-1030_fiction_i-don-t-think-pulp-fiction-is-hard-to-wa_2259586.jpg)

> [I love writing both fiction and memoir. Both have unique challenges; bottom line, fiction is hard because you have to come up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-scottoline/i-love-writing-both-fiction-and-memoir-both-have-unique-challenges/)

[Lisa Scottoline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-scottoline/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/lisa-scottoline-7100_albeit_i-love-writing-both-fiction-and-memoir-b_2578544.jpg)

> [I know there are people who don't read fiction at all, and I find it hard to understand how they can bear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-setterfield/i-know-there-are-people-who-don-t-read-fiction-at-all-and-i-find-it/)

[Diane Setterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-setterfield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c2/diane-setterfield-1008_bears_i-know-there-are-people-who-don-t-read-f_2608524.png)

> [As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/as-a-rule-reading-fiction-is-as-hard-to-me-as-trying-to-hit-a-target/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/william-james-228_book_as-a-rule-reading-fiction-is-as-hard-to_2978081.png)

> [Science fiction is hard to define because it is the literature of change and it changes while you are trying to define…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shippey/science-fiction-is-hard-to-define-because-it-is-the-literature-of/)

[Tom Shippey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-shippey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/tom-shippey-50056_books_science-fiction-is-hard-to-define-becaus_3098057.png)

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