Book Quote by Colson Whitehead

I think one of the reasons that I like fiction versus nonfiction is that I myself can kind of disappear from the story.

— Celeste Ng

There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them.

— Richard Harris

In some ways all of my fiction is like a conversation I'm having with the writers I read when I was first falling in…

— Dan Chaon

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

— Andy Richter

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

— Irvine Welsh

The fiction I tend to like is nothing like my own work. I like the kind of writing that shows me things I don't…

— Jim Woodring

Fiction is the thing I esteem most in my own work; I feel that, even if it's no good, only I could have written…

— Edmund White

“I still care about physical books, gravitate to handsome editions and pretty dust jackets, and enjoy seeing rows of hardcovers on my shelves. Many…

— Michael Dirda

People seem to read so much more nonfiction than fiction, and so it always gives me great pleasure to introduce a friend or family…

— Chris Bohjalian

Also, most people read fiction as an escape - and I wonder whether my books aren't a bit too grounded in reality to reach…

— Alex Berenson

I love fiction and read novels constantly.

— Michael Imperioli

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

— Augusten Burroughs