Book Quote by Janine di Giovanni

For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don't intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as invitations to…

— Mohsin Hamid

I like writing non-fiction - and when you pick a [non-fiction] subject, it saves you the hassle of coming up with a plot.

— Richard Hell

I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it.

— Anthony Storr

I tend to read non-fiction.

— Gary Oldman

“Writing a novel is like trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle whose pieces aren't even fixed in shape. Yet, somehow, they all come together…

— Jyoti Arora

A book is a story, even if it's non-fiction, and once I've read it, I have the story with me inside my head always.

— Sara Sheridan

I write non-fiction quicker, and I write it on a computer. Fiction I write longhand, and that helps make it clear that it comes…

— John Lanchester

I like making books but I'm not sure exactly what I'm doing. Perhaps I just try to arrange a bunch of seemingly random drawings…

— David Shrigley

Fiction writing is just an excuse to go discover interesting things.

— Anthony Doerr

I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one. Then they find themselves writing a sketch…

— Flannery O'Connor

As a fiction writer, my favorite tools are my imagination and the peculiar opportunities offered by different points of view.

— Stewart O'Nan

If you wanna write non-fiction you have to be interested in the world.

— Robert Christgau