Assault Quote by Iris Chang

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

I'm not against anything that anybody might want to try to pull off in fiction. Fiction writing has to, at least, always represent a…

— Francisco Goldman

I completely identify with finding freedom in boundaries. That's why I tend to have more freedom when I write nonfiction over fiction: because I'm…

— Leslie Jamison

I'm definitely always drawn to the injustice of people who have been imprisoned for things they didn't do. But also lots about abortion and…

— Natalie Maines

As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished…

— David Baldacci

I don't mind expressing my opinions and speaking out against injustice. I would be doing this even if I wasn't a writer. I grew…

— Tayari Jones

Fiction, on the whole, and if it is any good, tends to be a subversive element in society.

— Fay Weldon

Fiction is about telling a good story, first and foremost. But of course, everything I'm interested in or angry about leaks into my writing,…

— Lauren Beukes

So much of contemporary crime fiction is painful to read and obsessed with violence, particularly against women, and I can't read that.

— Donna Leon

People respect nonfiction but they read novels.

— E. O. Wilson

I think when people talk about civil liberties, they sometimes forget that action taken to protect the citizen against physical violence and physical attack…

— John Howard

I suppose I'm pulled towards fiction because I really like the freedom it gives me.

— Uzodinma Iweala