Disappear Quote by Celeste Ng

Some people don't like my fiction, because they prefer the nonfiction. But moving around keeps the work fresh for me and, hopefully, for my…

— Colson Whitehead

But I don't read a lot of fiction. I prefer the nonfiction stuff.

— Andy Richter

I rather like getting away from fiction.

— Penelope Lively

Fiction is harder for me than nonfiction - more gratifying, as a result, when it succeeds.

— Rick Bass

What I felt was, if you spend your life just writing fiction, you are going to falsify your material. And the fictional form was…

— V. S. Naipaul

At least for me, it takes more knowledge to write fiction than nonfiction. At least about someplace that I begin with a lot of…

— William T. Vollmann

I tend to really enjoy being swept up in fiction. I love a good story and I admire fiction authors.

— Augusten Burroughs

I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to read other fiction.

— Irvine Welsh

People seem to want to read more nonfiction than fiction.

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

For me, choosing between fiction and nonfiction is really only about picking the right tool for the job.

— Colson Whitehead

Everyone else thinks I'm a nonfiction writer. I think it's because my nonfiction is easier to find. But I write both in equal measure.…

— Roxane Gay

I'm all about nonfiction. I rarely read fiction. I like to read about things that really happened, facts, real life situations. That's what inspires…

— Phil Keoghan