Best sellers Quote by John Updike

I find that nonfiction writers are the likeliest to turn out interesting novels.

— Michael Korda

I've been writing since 1973. I've written nonfiction things of that nature, but I'm probably best known for crime fiction and, to some extent,…

— Joe R. Lansdale

I firmly believe as an author you have to go out in life and hear the stories of people. In pubs in the UK…

— Charles Todd

I first started writing historical fiction in the late '70s and kept pictures of Kathleen Woodiwiss and Rosemary Rogers on my refrigerator until my…

— Virginia Henley

I primarily read fiction, and I read a good many wonderful books while writing 'The Visibles.'

— Sara Shepard

I think mystery writers and thriller writers - whatever genre you want to call it - are taking on some of the biggest, most…

— Gillian Flynn

A lot of people think the best work I've done was nonfiction - the 'Brothers and Keepers' book. But I think of myself as…

— John Edgar Wideman

Early on, I tried fiction, but I wasn't very good at it. I wrote a very bad novel that is thankfully sitting in a…

— David Grann

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books ... I like to…

— Kanye West

I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine.

— Lincoln Child

Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction.

— Monica Johnson

Books are great for if you want to work on the craft of writing for yourself, or, you know, to write novels or indie…

— Thomas Lennon