“Nonfiction is a form of literature that lies halfway between fiction and fact.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I read nonfiction. There's very little fiction that I enjoy enough to spend my time reading. I am generally a nonfiction guy. — Peter Morgan 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
“Writers create impressions that inspire, stir emotions, evoke questions and sprinkle seeds of awe.” — C. Toni Graham Copy Share Image
I love to read nonfiction and memoir, but I'm mostly interested in the piece of writing more than the person. — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
I love making fiction films as well as nonfiction ones, and hope to keep challenging myself to make better and better work. — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
Nonfiction, to me, feels like an argument, whereas a novel is like a series of questions. — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
A lot of my nonfiction is very strong environmental stories - I was the first guy to write about the dolphin killings… — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
I would write light entertainment nonfiction pieces during the day, then come home and work on my fantasy fiction. It was very… — Cassandra Clare 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
“look, and I’m sure you’ll be amazed at the wealth of great books—usually there are several hundred freebies in virtually every category… — Steve Weber Copy Share Image
Nicholson Baker talks about the way in which the most successful nonfiction books are those that can be boiled down into an… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
I love playing with language and the rhythm of language - for some reason, this seems so much easier for me to… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Please, no matter how we advance technologically , please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Good writing is good writing no matter what genre you're writing in, and I believe that there are only a handful of… — Georgia Heard Copy Share Image
“I just like to say I'm from London, I don't have any specific area I represent. I'm not representing for a small… — Craig Taylor Copy Share Image
“Eucharisteo means 'to give thanks,' and give is a verb, something that we do. God calls me to do thanks. to give… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
If you're writing a book where you want to make a positive truth claim, then you should absolutely call it nonfiction or… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
“Unlike uplifting light fiction, narrative nonfiction’s trammeled territory provides no safe room where an unnerved writer can banish their unpleasant memories. Narrative… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“I still care about physical books, gravitate to handsome editions and pretty dust jackets, and enjoy seeing rows of hardcovers on my… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
If anything, I've found nonfiction a little easier. You don't have to make anything up. Of course, that's the inherent difficulty as… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
“I think the distinction between fiction and nonfiction is less about “Did it really happen or was it made up?” than it… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
Though I consider The Chronology of Water to be an anti-memoir for very precise reasons, it is an art form, and thus… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
“Family is an important part of a person's life. The family is the first start of life's motivations and the things with-in… — Patricia A.E. Hampton Copy Share Image
When I'm working on a novel of my own, I try to read mostly nonfiction, although sometimes I break down and peek… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
“I write nonfiction because individuals are unique and go through different experiences, our collective experiences enhances all our lives.” — Thaddeus O. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Eucharisteo has taught me to trust that there is always enough God. He has no end.” — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
I wrote four novels, but then I realized that the world didn't need me to be a novelist, but the world could… — David Quammen Copy Share Image
There's no division on my bookshelf between fiction and nonfiction. As far as I'm concerned, fiction is about the truth. — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“Life! What Inscrutable Card Shall Ye Throw Next Upon the Soft Felt of Our Days?” — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“Friendship is greater than the colonial and dominating race ideologies of hundreds of years." -"Some of My Best Friends” — Luis Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“The elements of the written word can be purely magical. I read and I write...I inspire and I’m living.” — C. Toni Graham 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
I can't even imagine writing nonfiction by hand. I think if I didn't have a computer, I just couldn't do it. Maybe… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
When you start reading nonfiction books about piracy, you realize that it's actually just a history of desperate people. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to believe there are people that don’t read books. There’s so much magic in words and well told stories.” — C. Toni Graham Copy Share Image
“Nevoia de a crește și de a trăi intens e atât de puternică în mine, încât nu-i pot rezista. Voi lucra, îmi… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
“...beggars were permitted to enter great houses and solicit directly from the table, but now they are restricted to the doorstep. ” — Joseph Gies Copy Share Image
“Parents should keep their kids engaged in positive activities as much as possible.” — Malik Wade Copy Share Image
Writing nonfiction of various kinds has been instructive and entertaining as well as paying the rent. — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
