Nonfiction Quotes

116 quotes by 96 authors

I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say. — Dirk Benedict
While I love to read contemporary fiction, I'm not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it's because the former journalist in me is too inhibited by… — Geraldine Brooks
I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them in… — Mitch Albom
My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll… — Orson Scott Card
I've always read broadly: literary fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, chick lit, historical, dystopian, nonfiction, memoir. I've even read Westerns. I prefer female protagonists. — Sandra Cisneros
All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about. That's not to say fiction… — George R. R. Martin
Now that I'm taking some time off from school, I've been reading a lot to make sure I don't forget everything. It's mostly classics and… — Fred Savage
Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and nonfiction. And even there, who can be sure? — Tanith Lee
You do not conceive a novel as easily as you conceive a child, nor even half as easily as you create nonfiction work. A journalist… — Zelda Popkin
If you wrote about sex the way Jim [Salter] writes about sex in nonfiction, you would be a sociopath. — Lorin Stein
I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to read other fiction. — Irvine Welsh
I don't think the potential for comics in nonfiction has been exploited nearly as much as it could be. — Scott McCloud
If you go through any newspaper or magazine and look for active, kicking verbs in the sentences, you will realize that this lack of well… — Rudolf Flesch
I would, however, start writing fiction about 10 years before I actually did, because it's such great fun to do, many times more creative than… — Judith Krantz
Creative nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and often more accessible. — Lee Gutkind
The word 'creative' refers simply to the use of literary craft in presenting nonfictionâ€”that is, factually accurate prose about real people and eventsâ€”in a compelling,… — Lee Gutkind
But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story — Laura Hillenbrand
Ah, well, I have no talent for nonfiction, that's my problem. — Jonathan Coe
Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued. — Joseph Wambaugh
I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again. — Joseph Wambaugh

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