--- title: "7 Nonfiction Writing Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Nonfiction Writing quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Nonfiction Writing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad0/jake-tapper-4443_answer_my-job-in-general-is-nonfiction-so-writi_61026.jpg" --- > [My job, in general, is nonfiction, so writing fiction was liberating. If you can't find the answer to something, you just make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-tapper/my-job-in-general-is-nonfiction-so-writing-fiction-was-liberating-if/) [Jake Tapper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-tapper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad0/jake-tapper-4443_answer_my-job-in-general-is-nonfiction-so-writi_61026.jpg) > [If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/if-uncovering-the-truth-is-the-greatest-challenge-of-nonfiction/) [Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/candice-millard-18386_also_if-uncovering-the-truth-is-the-greatest_373710.png) > [Whether it's fiction or nonfiction, writing takes me to another world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-mlodinow/whether-it-s-fiction-or-nonfiction-writing-takes-me-to-another-world/) [Leonard Mlodinow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-mlodinow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/leonard-mlodinow-7753_another_whether-it-s-fiction-or-nonfiction-writi_480050.jpg) > [“We can no longer allow them to write just stories and poems; we must teach them the forms of nonfiction writing as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/troy-hicks/we-can-no-longer-allow-them-to-write-just-stories-and-poems-we-must/) [Troy Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/troy-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/troy-hicks-69808_kindlehighlight_we-can-no-longer-allow-them-to-write-jus_499051.jpg) > [Imagination is really dependent on memory and observation, these things that we think of as part of nonfiction writing, actually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-batuman/imagination-is-really-dependent-on-memory-and-observation-these/) [Elif Batuman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-batuman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/elif-batuman-2172_imagination_imagination-is-really-dependent-on-memor_1866304.png) > [One of underestimated tasks in nonfiction writing is to impose narrative shape on an unwieldy mass of material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/one-of-underestimated-tasks-in-nonfiction-writing-is-to-impose/) [William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5d/william-zinsser-2796_leadership_one-of-underestimated-tasks-in-nonfictio_3138296.png) > [When you're researching things that have happened, the clear narrative arc is not there already. This is the problem of writing nonfiction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/misha-glenny/when-you-re-researching-things-that-have-happened-the-clear-narrative/) [Misha Glenny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/misha-glenny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f35/misha-glenny-23323_challenges_when-you-re-researching-things-that-have_3139587.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nonfiction-writing/#itemlist", "name": "Nonfiction Writing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My job, in general, is nonfiction, so writing fiction was liberating. 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