Certain Quote by Errol Morris

I never really understood the idea that nonfiction ought to be this dispensary of data that we have at the moment. Also, roughly around…

— John D'Agata

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

People seem to want to read more nonfiction than fiction.

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

Nonfiction narratives are really powerful and valid in themselves. But one thing that you don't get sometimes from the more clinical or academic books…

— Dave Eggers

People respect nonfiction but they read novels.

— E. O. Wilson

It's exhausting writing nonfiction, particularly when it's personal. It's tiring, always speaking about things that are not necessarily fun retelling.

— Ishmael Beah

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

“Nonfiction is a form of literature that lies halfway between fiction and fact.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

I think all of the best nonfiction that has ever been made comes from the result of someone who can't stop thinking about a…

— Merlin Mann

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

Truth is stranger than nonfiction. And life is too interesting to be left to journalists. People have stories, but journalists have 'takes,' and it's…

— Walter Kirn