“Depending on your own background and life experiences, this may or may not be new to you, but after an eight-to-twelve-hour day,… — Baratunde Thurston Copy Share Image
“My mother picked me up in her arms, touching my checks comforting my distress. I stared into her eyes and held her… — Joseph McGinnis Copy Share Image
Historians turning their hands to fiction are all the rage. Since Alison Weir led the way in 2006, an ever-growing number of… — Saul David Copy Share Image
I spend most of my time reading non-fiction of all sorts. Then poetry. Then fiction to blurb. Then fiction I want to… — Jim Shepard Copy Share Image
The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction. — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers. — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“I'm never going to give in. I'm never going to give up, and I will fight back with every breath I have."… — Deana J. Driver Copy Share Image
You can tell within a sentence if something is fiction or non-fiction. You can tell in the artifice of the language or… — Ethan Canin Copy Share Image
Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable. — Saul David Copy Share Image
In non-fiction you have to stay true to historical events, be they personal or national . — Andrew Lam Copy Share Image
I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are… — Richard Lewis Copy Share Image
I have been tossing around the idea of writing some non-fiction. Maybe a collection of short stories about my experience being a… — Melissa Peterman Copy Share Image
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… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of non-fiction, and I am a believer that fact is much more exciting than fiction. — Rob Van Dam Copy Share Image
I always say that writing non-fiction versus writing fiction is a bit like architecture versus abstract painting. — Andrew Lam Copy Share Image
I have two pairs of reading glasses. One pair is for reading fiction, the other for non-fiction. I've read the Bible twice… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
“If you have ever felt slightly nauseous walking through an aged care facility, puckered your face against a smell, observed a grown… — Felicity Chapman Copy Share Image
I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus. — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
To my mind, the prose in a non-fiction work that's going to endure has to be of the same quality as the… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
The effect of reading literary non-fiction that matters most to me is when the coin drops, and this happens in the company… — Paul Fry Copy Share Image
When you're writing non-fiction, you go as far as you can go, and then ethically you have to stop. You can't go.… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
The most difficult part of writing a book is not devising a plot which will captivate the reader. It's not developing characters… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
In high school, I was very active in extracurricular activities such as art, theatre, and choir. I also wrote for the school… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
