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116 Nonfiction quotes by 96 unique authors

All nonfiction writers, whether they like it or not, are translators. The translator is the perfect journalist. The best journalism endeavors to convey an essential… — Ilan Stavans
In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth. — Peter Matthiessen
When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot of nonfiction -… — Irvine Welsh
Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto… — Joan D. Vinge
Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It's the essence of beauty. The essence of pain. It… — Ellen Hopkins
But I don't read a lot of fiction. I prefer the nonfiction stuff. — Andy Richter
I am led to the proposition that there is no fiction or nonfiction as we commonly understand the distinction: there is only narrative. — E L Doctorow
Whenever you have two characters in a book, whether it's a novel or nonfiction, you run the risk that the reader is going to like… — Mitch Albom
When you deal with nonfiction you deal with human characters. — Marya Hornbacher
In Bosnian, there's no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there's no word describing that. — Aleksandar Hemon
To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction… — Nawal El Saadawi
Redheaded Peckerwood, which unerringly walks the fine line between fiction and nonfiction, is a disturbingly beautiful narrative about unfathomable violence and its place on the… — Luc Sante
I contend that in the kind of nonfiction I write, and that other people also pursue, anything is permissible provided the reader knows what you're… — William Least Heat-Moon
In December 2011, I will be opening up my production house, Sharmeen Obaid Films, and aspire to change the way Pakistanis approach nonfiction storytelling. There… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
When I'm writing fiction I'm thinking, God, this is so hard - I have to make all this stuff up! I wish I were writing… — Douglas Preston
I read a lot of nonfiction - especially books about the brain. — Ellen Pompeo
Write a nonfiction book, and be prepared for the legion of readers who are going to doubt your fact. But write a novel, and get… — Barbara Kingsolver
I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction. — James Rollins
I am consumed, or I have been consumed, with these issues of motherhood and the way we act out societal expectations and roles. So both… — Ayelet Waldman
I write nonfiction in this thriller-esque style. I have all the facts; I research it. I have thousands of pages of court documents... I try… — Ben Mezrich
In terms of a narrative nonfiction book, when you're describing scenes that you have multiple sources for, and that you have differing sources for, and… — Ben Mezrich
I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas. — Louise Brown
I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it. — Bruce Sterling
I think Henry Miller has had huge influence not because he wrote about sex, but because the memoir or the nonfiction novel has become such… — Leslie Fiedler
Fiction is harder for me than nonfiction - more gratifying, as a result, when it succeeds. — Rick Bass

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