Non-Fiction Quotes

48 quotes by 45 authors

The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster
It's true that I don't rearrange that much in the fiction, but I feel if you change even one name or the order of one… — Nicholson Baker
I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the… — Alain de Botton
When you're writing non-fiction, you go as far as you can go, and then ethically you have to stop. You can't go. You can't suppose.… — Geraldine Brooks
In high school, I was very active in extracurricular activities such as art, theatre, and choir. I also wrote for the school newspaper, but not… — Meg Cabot
What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative — Tracy Kidder
I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me. — Peter Benchley
For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine what I write… — Iris Chang
I read a lot; fiction and non-fiction are the mediums I find most edifying and inspiring. I watch movies and listen to music and take… — Carrie Brownstein
See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic… — John Thomas Sladek
I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column. — W. P. Kinsella
I do, however, feel reasonably strongly the sense that the job of a piece of argumentative scholarly non-fiction is not the same as the job… — China Mieville
I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom Was a Schizophrenic.' I really enjoyed the process of doing… — Chester Brown
I'm writing another novel and I know what I'm going to do after, which may be something more like this again, maybe some strange mixture… — Penelope Lively
I'm a reluctant writer of non-fiction, in part because I don't really feel qualified. — William Gibson
I thought I was going to write fiction but I fell backwards into non-fiction. It started when I got locked out of two apartments in… — Sloane Crosley
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

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