I do teach fiction and non-fiction, and usually I'm interested in works that confuse genre, but I'm very new to teaching creative… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
Read non-fiction. History, biology, entomology, mineralogy, paleontology. Get a bodyguard and do fieldwork. Find your inner fish. Don't publish too soon. Not… — Marlene van Niekerk Copy Share Image
I don't know what that line is between fiction and non-fiction that other people have in their minds, but to me, when… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
“Om is the things, Om is the ingredient, Om is the container and the content of this universe.” — Banani Ray Copy Share Image
“Harold lies in the darkened room with curtains drawn. It is one thirty in the afternoon and his lunch tray seems to… — Felicity Chapman - Counselling and Psychotherapy with Older People in Care Copy Share Image
In high school, in 1956, at the age of sixteen, we were not taught "creative writing." We were taught literature and grammar.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I prefer non-fiction to fiction. In fact, I don't read fiction at all. I read books that are based on true events. — Diana Penty Copy Share Image
I read a lot; fiction and non-fiction are the mediums I find most edifying and inspiring. I watch movies and listen to… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I've read pretty broadly on the Holocaust - both fiction and non-fiction - and to me, 'The Lost Wife' is one of… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
I swing with a lot of torque from non-fiction to fiction, and I really like that place in between. — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
Autobiographical writings, essays, interviews, various other things... All the non-fiction prose I wanted to keep, that was the idea behind this collected… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“When work isn’t done properly, it ruins all the energy and effort put into it. Improper work doesn’t bring any outcomes. If… — Vishal Ostwal Copy Share Image
With non-fiction writing I feel like I'm confined and driven by what actually happened. That makes the "plot". So it's a process… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I write my first draft by hand, at least for fiction. For non-fiction, I write happily on a computer, but for fiction… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
“As writers we intend to make a difference, to alter people's lives for the greater good. . .this is why we write,… — Lee Gutkind Copy Share Image
It is simply much easier to infuse life, feeling, and higher truth into a novel than a non-fiction work, to find the… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
“When in doubt, choose the kids .There will be plenty of time to choose work” — Hyacil Han Copy Share Image
“Fear would have told the Wright brothers not to fly. Fear would have told Rosa Parks to change seats. Fear would have… — Jon Acuff Copy Share Image
If you wanna write non-fiction you have to be interested in the world. — Robert Christgau Copy Share Image
In writing non-fiction about people who are living, you are always walking a fine line, carrying a burden to be fair that,… — Jonathan Coleman Copy Share Image
“A female magician named Catherine Trianon, who lived together 'as man and wife' with another cunning-woman, was described as having more learning… — Owen Davies Copy Share Image
