Above Quote by Blake Bailey

For me, choosing between fiction and nonfiction is really only about picking the right tool for the job.

— Colson Whitehead

I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.

— Al Sharpton

I much prefer writing fiction. History books, for me, are very hard work, very serious.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

For books, I don't read much fiction, but like travel essays and good pop-science.

— Dennis Ritchie

Since I spend such a long time making each book, I only choose books that I'm really interested in and that I really love.

— Brian Selznick

But I don't read a lot of fiction. I prefer the nonfiction stuff.

— Andy Richter

Nonfiction gives you subjects. Writing fiction I can have more fun, but I have to invent my subject.

— Lynne Tillman

The most important thing for me is realism. I don't like writing which does somersaults on the page, and I'm no great fan of…

— Nick Hornby

I read little nonfiction, but I have no boundaries about the fiction I relish. The only unfailing criterion is that I can hitch my…

— Scott Turow

I love all kinds of books, which include fiction and non-fiction.

— Mukul Dev

I believe that people should write biographies only about people they love, or understand, or both. Novels, on the other hand, are often better…

— Penelope Fitzgerald

I am in the interesting position of being sometimes skimmed by the critics and called literature and sometimes called historical fiction.

— Philippa Gregory