With the historical fictions, I was already doing so much research, and so much of the stories was anchored by historical truth… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
Fiction stymies me with its possibility. I can't see the bottom and I freeze, cling to the side, or just choke. In… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“The corpses were hauled away on sledges or on carts, depending on the time of the year. Sometimes, for convenience, they used… — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Nonfiction is both easier and harder to write than fiction. It's easier because the facts are already laid out before you, and… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
One of the odder byways of nonfiction is the dishy memoir by those who have served the great or the near-great. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“Writers create impressions that inspire, stir emotions, evoke questions and sprinkle seeds of awe.” — C. Toni Graham Copy Share Image
“I’m playing catch with Nisha and Nena. They’re standing against the opposite wall shrieking with enjoyment. They’re teenagers, but they’ve never played… — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
Nonfiction ties your hands a bit, and just like writing poetry in rhyme, it can force you to make more brutal decisions… — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
I could talk more directly in a nonfiction voice than I could in fiction. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than nonfiction, which is designed to persuade through argument and evidence. Studies show… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
“Prose fills a space, like a liquid poured in from the top, but poetry occupies it, arrays itself in formation, sets up… — Simon Armitage Copy Share Image
I am consumed, or I have been consumed, with these issues of motherhood and the way we act out societal expectations and… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
“Fiction is nothing but non-fiction couched to conceal the identity of the writer.” — Tapan Ghosh Copy Share Image
“The foundation of adult trust is not "You will never hurt me." It is "I trust myself with whatever you do.” — David Richo Copy Share Image
A nonfiction author has to bring a platform with him - radio, a TV show or some kind of recognizable vehicle to… — Larry Kirshbaum Copy Share Image
“There's one good thing about being in the bomb disposal unit: No superior officer is ever looking over your shoulder.” — Robert Edsel Copy Share Image
I'm just too lazy. I wish I could be someone that has wild affairs - all of my favorite nonfiction novels are… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
“There’s a reason people isolate themselves when they’re suffering. It can be painful to talk about it, painful to hear the concern… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
I did not set out to write another novel. One day I sat down with the thought of trying my hand at… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
In the best nonfiction, it seems to me, you're always made aware that you are being engaged with a supple mind at… — Phillip Lopate Copy Share Image
