Books Quote by Irvine Welsh

I tend to read non-fiction.

— Gary Oldman

In my mind, there's not a great difference between what people call fiction and non-fiction. So in that sense, I'm like an early-18th-century person.…

— John Ralston Saul

I prefer non-fiction to fiction. In fact, I don't read fiction at all. I read books that are based on true events.

— Diana Penty

I obviously read and adore traditional fiction. I teach traditional fiction, I also teach all kind of not-so-traditional fiction. And since I'm such a…

— Heidi Julavits

Fiction and non-fiction are only different techniques of story telling. For reasons I do not fully understand, fiction dances out of me. Non-fiction is…

— Arundhati Roy

I don't like to read fiction. I like to learn something when I'm reading.

— Lewis Hamilton

With non-fiction, there is the struggle to be accurate. With fiction, it is a bit different: the desire to let imagination take you to…

— Amitava Kumar

Writing fiction is not a profession that leaves one well-disposed toward reading fiction. One starts out loving books and stories, and then one becomes…

— Neil Gaiman

I don't generally read a lot of fiction.

— Bill Gates

I obviously read and adore traditional fiction. I teach traditional fiction; I also teach all kinds of not-so-traditional fiction.

— Heidi Julavits

I don't read fiction at all.

— Brent Spiner

Also, most people read fiction as an escape - and I wonder whether my books aren't a bit too grounded in reality to reach…

— Alex Berenson