“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
God can enter into me, even me, and use these hands, these feet, to be His love, a love that goes on… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
The nonfiction novel or literary memoir as authored by women is usually given a much harder time in mainstream criticism. — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
“I took out my grenade and put my fingers inside the pin. 'Do you boys want this to be your last meal,… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
“All writing affects change, whether personal, professional, spiritual, or practical.” — Miles Tager Copy Share Image
After writing fiction for so long, I like the discovery element of nonfiction, in the sense that when you find the right… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Nonfiction gives you subjects. Writing fiction I can have more fun, but I have to invent my subject. — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
The funny thing is that in Bosnia there are no words that are equivalent to fiction and nonfiction. From the storytelling point… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
“The patronizing assumption by the powers in Ottawa that they best knew what policies would serve the interests of the West was… — Garret Wilson Copy Share Image
When your work is nonfiction about low-income communities, pretty much anything that's not nonfiction about low-income communities feels like a guilty pleasure. — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
What I'm really interested in, as a reader and as a writer, is the idea of the nonfiction book that is not… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm almost ready to write fiction about the border. But even after 10 years of writing nonfiction about it,… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
“But while Sasha told us that in America even the most successful men can have but one wife at once--my father had… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“I am a former paramedic of Detroit EMS. While working the road, I encountered many hidden gems in Detroit that I went… — Leslie Cieplechowicz Copy Share Image
I often read nonfiction with a pencil in hand. I love the feel, the smell, the design, the weight of a book,… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
All nonfiction writers, whether they like it or not, are translators. The translator is the perfect journalist. The best journalism endeavors to… — Ilan Stavans Copy Share Image
“WHEN IT WAS DECIDED (When was that again, and by whom?) that we were all supposed to choose between fiction and nonfiction,… — Jill Talbot Copy Share Image
“a raped girl is bad for the family: it shows that they can’t protect their women; that they have little social standing;… — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
I tried to fortify myself with the best nonfiction and fiction I could lay my hands on, from the essays of James… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
“Your life is a trajectory. Every choice you make alters that trajectory, in a positive or negative way. Will you categorize that… — Donald Van de Mark Copy Share Image
“The National Party's Barnaby Joyce has mocked Pastor Daniel for calling bottle shops 'Satan's stronghold'. It occurs to me that if Pastor… — John Safran Copy Share Image
“It's nice to know in my life Jesus is behind me. There have been times when I thought that I was going… — Sunshine Rodgers Copy Share Image
One thing you learn about doing nonfiction is that you've got to get it right, fact-check, do your research. You've got to… — Max Joseph Copy Share Image
Generally, I read nonfiction. There's very little fiction that I enjoy enough to spend my time reading. I am generally a nonfiction… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
“What is necessary, he explains, is an understanding that the youth are not the Other. It is being able to see your… — John Hubner Copy Share Image
I am far less interested in serving as a change agent than in functioning as a prose artist, whether it's fiction or… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
“Writing a nonfiction book should primarily be about establishing credibility and authority in a specific domain.” — Hassan Osman Copy Share Image
“My limitless ability to weave time and space does not make me a god - just a da-n good writer.” — Edmund Alexander Sims Copy Share Image
I've long been interested in the role of 'minor characters' in major events. This has been the focus of a lot of… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
“Losing is hard for everyone, but losing a race you thought you would win is devastating.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
My reading preferences are kind of all over the board - I read nonfiction, I read graphic novels. — Dav Pilkey Copy Share Image
“Get immersed in the beauty that surrounds you. No filters, edits, or adjustments. Experience the colors, sounds, textures and smells within your… — C. Toni Graham Copy Share Image
“Maybe love is something we’re meant to say casually and not regard as a prize from a treasure chest that a person… — Jen Glantz 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
“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
Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable. — Jerry B. Jenkins Copy Share Image
I like detective stories and spy novels, but I also like nonfiction, and of course cookbooks. — Paul Wahlberg Copy Share Image
“Nonfiction. I didn’t choose it as much as it chose me. It squatted and birthed me one raw winter day then jerked… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
Because I read so much nonfiction for work, I enjoy fiction most, especially detective novels and mysteries that keep me awake at… — David Grann Copy Share Image
