Writing Nonfiction Quotes

6 Writing Nonfiction quotes by 4 unique authors

• Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing. — Joan Didion
• Writing fiction is for me a fraught business, an occasion of daily dread for at least the first half of the novel, and sometimes all… — Joan Didion
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Writing nonfiction has been my most serious education, and for all those years it kept me from even glancing in the direction of despair. — Marilynne Robinson

Who Wrote These Writing Nonfiction Quotes

4 authors contributed a total of 6 Writing Nonfiction Quotes as follows:

• 3 Writing Nonfiction Quotes by Joan Didion
• 1 Writing Nonfiction Quote by Michelle Gagnon
• 1 Writing Nonfiction Quote by Mary Doria Russell
• 1 Writing Nonfiction Quote by Marilynne Robinson