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116 Nonfiction quotes by 96 unique authors

I don't read that many novels, I'm more of a nonfiction fan. — Cory Monteith
A typical biography relying upon individuals' notorious memories and the anecdotes they've invented contains a high degree of fiction, yet is considered 'nonfiction.' — Joyce Carol Oates
I don't read for amusement, I read for enlightenment. I do a lot of reviewing, so I have a steady assignment of reading. I'm also… — Joyce Carol Oates
You can tell a more over-the-top incredible story if you use a nonfiction form. — Chuck Palahniuk
In fiction, when you paint yourself into a corner, you can write a pair of suction cups onto the bottoms of your shoes and walk… — Tom Robbins
I like nonfiction books about people with wretched lives. — David Sedaris
It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer. — E. O. Wilson
People respect nonfiction but they read novels. — E. O. Wilson
I still believe nonfiction is the most important literature to come out of the second half of the 20th century. — Tom Wolfe
My entire career, in fiction or nonfiction, I have reported and written about people who are not like me. — Tom Wolfe
Nonfiction is never going to die. — Tom Wolfe
Interviewer: Have you ever considered writing nonfiction? Mary Doria Russell: Oh, honey, I did! Let's see...There was "A Reconsideration of the Evidence for Cannibalism at… — Mary Doria Russell
Writers imagine that they cull stories from the world. I'm beginning to believe that vanity makes them think so. That it's actually the other way… — Arundhati Roy
Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be real, but it's true; it goes beyond the garland of facts to get… — Yann Martel
Ever hear the expression "write what you know?" My version says "write what you want to know." If you want to know about the history… — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be real, but it's true; it goes beyond the garland of facts to get… — Yann Martel
He would write it for the reason he felt that all great literature, fiction and nonfiction, was written: truth comes out, in the end it… — Stephen King
I coauthored my first nonfiction book by the time I was 25. I have been involved in nonfiction documentaries, newspapers, TV and internet since that… — Julian Assange
Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing. Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you… — Joan Didion
Movies feel like work, and reading fiction feels like work, whereas reading nonfiction feels like pleasure. — Peter Morgan
I used to be a freelance journalist, so I had to write fast, but I always found writing nonfiction constraining. I like the freedom of… — Michelle Gagnon
A nonfiction author has to bring a platform with him - radio, a TV show or some kind of recognizable vehicle to help launch them.… — Larry Kirshbaum
The challenge for a nonfiction writer is to achieve a poetic precision using the documents of truth but somehow to make people and places spring… — Simon Schama
At least for me, it takes more knowledge to write fiction than nonfiction. At least about someplace that I begin with a lot of ignorance… — William T. Vollmann
I often read nonfiction with a pencil in hand. I love the feel, the smell, the design, the weight of a book, but I also… — Drew Gilpin Faust

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