Book Quote by Garth Greenwell

If you're writing a book where you want to make a positive truth claim, then you should absolutely call it nonfiction or memoir. If…

— Elif Batuman

Most books aren't pure nonfiction or fiction.

— James Frey

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

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Writing a nonfiction book should primarily be about establishing credibility and authority in a specific domain.”

— Hassan Osman

There's no division on my bookshelf between fiction and nonfiction. As far as I'm concerned, fiction is about the truth.

— Arundhati Roy

A book, a true book, is the writer's confessional. For, whether he would have it so or not, he is betrayed, directly or indirectly,…

— Nelson Algren

Nonfiction, to me, feels like an argument, whereas a novel is like a series of questions.

— Sheila Heti

The difference between fiction and nonfiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable.

— Mark Twain

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 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

In terms of a narrative nonfiction book, when you're describing scenes that you have multiple sources for, and that you have differing sources for,…

— Ben Mezrich

People respect nonfiction but they read novels.

— E. O. Wilson