Best Non Fiction Quotes

70 Non Fiction quotes by 65 unique authors

• I mainly read non-fiction, and that's probably because I have a huge amount of insecurity about my lack of education and the things I don't… — Steve Earle
• I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy, science fiction. Do… — Laurell K. Hamilton
• Because I'm such a creative person, and I've always got my nose in a book, I suppose it was only a matter of time before… — Paul Kane
• The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction. — Yann Martel
• The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject. — Ian Mcewan
• My house is filled with books, most of which I have read, some of which I intend to eventually get to. I'm always reading at… — Rachel Nichols
• I tend to read non-fiction. — Gary Oldman
• I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus. — Susan Orlean
• The subject for a lot of non-fiction is very emotional, but if you read it, it's the most boring, dry stuff. I wanted 'Torn Apart'… — James Patterson
• A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of… — Chaim Potok
• I'd probably be a super wealthy guy if I had sat around writing songs and getting them placed like everyone else I know. But I… — Nile Rodgers
• Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It's the pleasure of reading that counts;… — Jon Scieszka
• The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was… — Richard Stallman
• I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I… — Daniel Tammet
• Amy Rapp, my producing partner, and I are drawn to character-driven material. We're developing and producing movies and TV, fiction and non-fiction, studio and independent,… — Meredith Vieira
• I have two pairs of reading glasses. One pair is for reading fiction, the other for non-fiction. I've read the Bible twice wearing each pair,… — Steven Wright
• The non-fiction bestseller lists frequently prove that we all want to know more about everything, even if we didn't know that we wanted to know… — Nick Hornby
• Read everything. Read fiction and non-fiction, read hot best sellers and the classics you never got around to in college. — Jennifer Weiner
• (about organizing books in his home library, and putting a book in the "Arts and Lit non-fiction section) I personally find that for domestic purposes,… — Nick Hornby
• There is a physics to the world, which non-fiction has a contract to stand in awe of, otherwise it becomes completely self-centered and ego-driven, which… — Nick Flynn
• There's a fine line between fiction and non-fiction and I think I snorted it somewhere in 1979 — Kinky Friedman
• There’s different ways to be impacted by truth. One is to read the scriptures. Another is to read other works by other people who have… — Ted Dekker
• One of the paradoxes of writing is that when you write non-fiction everyone tries to prove that it's wrong, and when you publish fiction, everyone… — Scarlett Thomas
• The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That's not true with non-fiction. — Tom Wolfe
• Writing fiction is not a profession that leaves one well-disposed toward reading fiction. One starts out loving books and stories, and then one becomes jaded… — Neil Gaiman

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Who Wrote These Non Fiction Quotes

65 authors contributed a total of 70 Non Fiction Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 3 Non Fiction Quotes by Gerald Clarke
• 2 Non Fiction Quotes by Nick Hornby
• 2 Non Fiction Quotes by Gillian Cross
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Yann Martel
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by William Gibson
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by W. P. Kinsella
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Unknown Author
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Tracy Kidder
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Tom Wolfe
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Ted Dekker
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Tanith Lee
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Susan Orlean
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Steven Wright
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Steve Earle
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Sloane Crosley
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Seth Godin
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Scarlett Thomas
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Sara Sheridan
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Richard Stallman
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Richard Lewis
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Richard Hughes
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Rachel Nichols
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Peter Benchley
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Penelope Lively
• 1 Non Fiction Quote by Paul Kane