I like European and South American literature, but mostly I read nonfiction. — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth. — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“The choice is yours: trust the government or trust Mother Nature.” — John Cannell, MD Copy Share Image
In Bosnian, there's no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there's no word describing that. — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
“…and on occasion I like to write in pencil, because I need to know that I can erase the words, even if… — Bruce Black Copy Share Image
“The real problem of life is never a lack of time. The real problem of life - in my life - is… — Ann Voscamp Copy Share Image
“The difference between nonfiction and fiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Don’t ignore or drive away your God sent Davids for you will need them when the life threatening giant Goliaths go on… — Ikechukwu Joseph Copy Share Image
“Most important thing in life is family, Without them you are nothing. Whatever you do will be worth nothing, If there is… — Akash Lakhotia Copy Share Image
I do think that calling a book nonfiction affirms a kind of responsibility to an attempt at truth. — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to read other fiction. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
If you write nonfiction, a historical account of what really happened, first of all, it's always white men who do that, and… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Good, capable individuals unconsciously and consciously guard and nurture themselves and their spirits every day in all sorts of choices, large and… — Donald Van de Mark Copy Share Image
I felt like I could never write nonfiction, because I would have to spend so many pages explaining my ethnic background, and… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
“I've allowed some of these points to stand, because this is a book of memory, and memory has its own story to… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
For a while I just couldn't imagine that there was a place for me in nonfiction. I looked around at what we… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
I never really understood the idea that nonfiction ought to be this dispensary of data that we have at the moment. Also,… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
Now that I'm taking some time off from school, I've been reading a lot to make sure I don't forget everything. It's… — Fred Savage Copy Share Image
“To be a success you need to have persistence of drive, persistence of vision, and persistence of action. You will be doing… — Meghan Wier Copy Share Image
“My mother neither encouraged the reading of science fiction nor did she disparage it. She told me later that there was a… — Don Borchert Copy Share Image
That idea of not being exactly who you write as is so crucial. Even looking at those words as I type them,… — Lucas Mann Copy Share Image
“So if you understand that where there is a search for pleasure there must be pain, live that way if you want… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I came to nonfiction through journalism. My first book was journalism, and it was so frustrating to me, while I was writing… — Lucas Mann Copy Share Image
“The painters were teenage girls and young women who became friendly during their hours together and entertained themselves during breaks by playing… — Deborah Blum Copy Share Image
“I’ve never been with a boy who hasn’t seen me naked. It’s always the squeaky futon, bear-it-all, turn-off-the-lights quickstep. Don’t chalk it… — Taylor Rhodes Copy Share Image
“Nonfiction has crept closer to fiction in our time in ways that are not flattering to fiction, in part because too many… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
One of the reasons so many nonfiction books are so boring is because what they've done, very diligently, is fulfill the terms… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
“In the midst of battle, you need something versatile to keep your focus” — Isaiah Hankel Copy Share Image
For me, a memoir is nonfiction and nonfiction has to be absolutely true. — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
“As a child, Michael never once heard anyone tell him “I love you.” — George Critchlow Copy Share Image
