Deeper Quote by Francine du Plessix Gray

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

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in…

— Jim Rohn

You learn a lot, writing fiction.

— Penelope Lively

Fiction writing is a strange business when you think about it. You sit down and weave a network of lies to explore deeper truths.

— Wally Lamb

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

From fiction, you do not get to learn much because it is only imagination. Whereas, from non-fiction, people can understand and learn from the…

— Sudha Murty

“Fiction offers the best means of understanding people different from oneself, short of experience. Actually, fiction can be lots better than experience, because it's…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

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

— Irvine Welsh

I learned to write fiction the way I learned to read fiction - by skipping the parts that bored me.

— Jonathan Lethem

I always say writing fiction isn't something you teach. It's something you do, and only experimentation - i.e. doing it, either badly or good…

— Peter Orner

Fiction writing is just an excuse to go discover interesting things.

— Anthony Doerr

Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic…

— Ann Patchett