Academic Quote by Dave Eggers

People like nonfiction presented to them in a certain way, so that they don't have to think about whether it's true or not. They…

— Errol Morris

I haven't written a whole lot of nonfiction, but what I have written leads me to believe that it's an entirely different muscle. The…

— Ron Currie Jr

Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them.

— Barbara Kingsolver

Narrative nonfiction was not my forte. I always wanted to let my imagination run free, and the facts sometimes got in the way. At…

— Douglas Florian

My theory for nonfiction is that nobody can be free of some kind of conceptions about whatever story they're writing. But if you can…

— George Saunders

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

One thing you learn about doing nonfiction is that you've got to get it right, fact-check, do your research. You've got to not only…

— Max Joseph

When you write fiction, you can sort of invent more but also pack it with emotions that are very pertinent to you. Whereas with…

— Oscar Hijuelos

Nonfiction ties your hands a bit, and just like writing poetry in rhyme, it can force you to make more brutal decisions in terms…

— Emily Susan Rapp

Fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than nonfiction, which is designed to persuade through argument and evidence. Studies show that when…

— Jonathan Gottschall

In fiction you can make up everything to create the feeling. You can manufacture a story with whatever tools you want. With nonfiction you…

— Chelsea Martin

I find it interesting that people often seem to believe that authors of realistic fiction are directly translating their personal experiences into their work.…

— Malinda Lo