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What I'm really interested in, as a reader and as a writer, is the idea of the nonfiction book that is not defined by…

— Geoff Dyer

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

Write a nonfiction book, and be prepared for the legion of readers who are going to doubt your fact. But write a novel, and…

— Barbara Kingsolver

There should be no effort, consciously or otherwise, that will lead to the erosion of institutional credibility and authority.

— Pratibha Patil

Being right doesn’t mean you win. You win by establishing credibility, a relationship, and trust.

— David Brock

Proceeding further, to inquire whether the facts related by the Four Evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence, we are led, first, to…

— Simon Greenleaf

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

Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing. Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke…

— Joan Didion

I feel like I'm almost ready to write fiction about the border. But even after 10 years of writing nonfiction about it, I don't…

— William T. Vollmann

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

— Jo Deurbrouck

I can't even imagine writing nonfiction by hand. I think if I didn't have a computer, I just couldn't do it. Maybe it's a…

— Jennifer Egan

I suppose writing nonfiction did prepare me for writing fiction. Whenever you write anything, you're honing your skills for writing anything else.

— Elizabeth Berg