“Anything that doesn't fit this mode has been shoved into an area of lesser solemnity called 'genre fiction,' and it is here… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Sometimes it bursts from your imagination fully formed, sometimes you absorb from nonfiction, sometimes you're able to imprint your own autobiographical experiences… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
“Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action."(p.115)” — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
And there are two types of stories. One type is one's own story. The other type is telling the stories of others.… — Lee Gutkind Copy Share Image
I'd like to imagine that "dreamoir" becomes a subgenre of nonfiction, maybe ultimately because I'd love to read many more dreamoirs by… — Wendy C. Ortiz Copy Share Image
“Though I have started emailing with one of my fellow readers whenever there's something important to say about Modern Family or Friday… — Rachel Bertsche Copy Share Image
I'm open to reading almost anything - fiction, nonfiction - as long as I know from the first sentence or two that… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“Making the nation safe for white people could be more easily accomplished with the help of a whitewashed tale of its origins.” — Jabari Asim Copy Share Image
It's very bad to write a novel by act of will. I can do a book of nonfiction work that way -… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
A lot of attention has been paid in Latin America to the new generation of nonfiction writers, authors like Julio Villanueva Chang,… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
“I think we got some work done, back at the start, because nobody knew us, nobody bothered us - and we had… — Robert Edsel Copy Share Image
Write a nonfiction book, and be prepared for the legion of readers who are going to doubt your fact. But write a… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
It's essential for me to be working on a nonfiction sort of research project simultaneous with multiple projects that are in different… — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
“Poetry is a way of coming to know the realness of things; fiction is a way of coming to know the world… — Kelly Cherry Copy Share Image
I think all of the best nonfiction that has ever been made comes from the result of someone who can't stop thinking… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
“This young man did not date anyone but his wife, claiming it works much better when God's in charge.” — Sunshine Rodgers Copy Share Image
“When facing a decision that stands a 50/50 chance of being correct, the choice made will be wrong 80% of the time. Rick Coxen” — Frederick L Coxen Copy Share Image
Let me roughly divide books into those which compete with the movies and those with which the movies cannot compete. They are… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
“When King John was angry, he threw himself down and rolled the floor, yelling and chewing the expensive oriental rugs that Crusaders… — James Daugherty 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
“Human beings innate complexities resist reduction into simple sentences and neat paragraphs. The stories that come nearest to expressing the ambivalent nature… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“With a touch of exaggeration, we can say that in Africa—in the beginning is not the Word, but the chameleon.” — Eva Žilková Copy Share Image
The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I… — Lisa Scottoline Copy Share Image
