Discovery Quote by Edwidge Danticat

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

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

— Colson Whitehead

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

I read nonfiction almost exclusively - both for research and also for pleasure. When I read fiction, it's almost always in the thriller genre,…

— Dan Brown

Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That's material that I really like.

— Rick Moody

Discovery still happens in the writing. You start in nonfiction with a whole lot more going for you, because all the discovery isn't waiting…

— Joan Didion

I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again.

— Joseph Wambaugh

I find that nonfiction writers are the likeliest to turn out interesting novels.

— Michael Korda

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

— Andy Richter

I hardly read fiction; I mostly read nonfiction. I like to examine material things.

— Bennett Miller

The pleasure of nonfiction is that it takes all of that sort of artistic and observational skill, but then there's a more intellectual layer…

— Ted Genoways

I find now I'm reading a lot more nonfiction, simply because every time I read fiction, I think I can write it better. But…

— Chris Claremont