Books Quote by Hassan Osman

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

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

— Mark Twain

“Writing nonfiction means I tell people's stories for them, not because they're special but because we all are.”

— Jo Deurbrouck

I do think that calling a book nonfiction affirms a kind of responsibility to an attempt at truth.

— Garth Greenwell

“I write nonfiction because individuals are unique and go through different experiences, our collective experiences enhances all our lives.”

— Thaddeus O. Lawrence

“Publishing a book does not make you an authority or an expert. Authorship doesn’t not equal authority.”

— Loren Weisman

Nonfiction writers are the packhorses of literature. We're meant to carry the story. If we can make it up and down the mountain by…

— Stacy Schiff

Novels should be judged rigorously. Either a book works or it doesn't. The fact that something is true in the real world should not…

— Akhil Sharma

Nicholson Baker talks about the way in which the most successful nonfiction books are those that can be boiled down into an argument so…

— Geoff Dyer

I started writing nonfiction because nonfiction is well-suited to subjects that, if you wrote them as fiction, people would say, "I don't believe this.…

— Debra Monroe

I contend that in the kind of nonfiction I write, and that other people also pursue, anything is permissible provided the reader knows what…

— William Least Heat-Moon

“Writing a book is a tremendous experience. It pays off intellectually. It clarifies your thinking. It builds credibility. It is a living engine of…

— Seth Godin