Hell Quote by John McPhee

“Nonfiction. I didn’t choose it as much as it chose me. It squatted and birthed me one raw winter day then jerked me up…

— Chila Woychik

I don't have time to read nonfiction.

— W. P. Kinsella

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

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The human condition is such that we can only stomach so much imagination. We need for things to be labeled either fiction or nonfiction.…

— J. W. Lord

“Nonfiction lets us learn more; fiction lets us be more.”

— Kylene Beers

I don't like to read nonfiction. To me, fact is something I can look up.

— Fran Lebowitz

Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That's material that I really like.

— Rick Moody

For a while I just couldn't imagine that there was a place for me in nonfiction. I looked around at what we were calling…

— John D'Agata

My work was entirely nonfiction.

— Laura Hillenbrand

I tend to read non-fiction.

— Gary Oldman

“Writing is wretched, discouraging, physically unhealthy, infinitely frustrating work. And when it all comes together it’s utterly glorious." National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) Pep…

— Ralph Peters

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