About Quote by Katherine Boo

I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.

— Bruce Sterling

“Writing nonfiction means I tell people's stories for them, not because they're special but because we all are.”

— Jo Deurbrouck

Since I was a graduate student, I've done a lot of journalism on the side, for The Village Voice, The Nation etc. And my…

— Rob Nixon

The pleasure of nonfiction is that it takes all of that sort of artistic and observational skill, but then there's a more intellectual layer…

— Ted Genoways

It's exhausting writing nonfiction, particularly when it's personal. It's tiring, always speaking about things that are not necessarily fun retelling.

— Ishmael Beah

I don't have time to read nonfiction.

— W. P. Kinsella

Nonfiction writers are second-class citizens, the Ellis Island of literature. We just can't quite get in. And yes, it pisses me off.

— William Styron

People respect nonfiction but they read novels.

— E. O. Wilson

“I write nonfiction because individuals are unique and go through different experiences, our collective experiences enhances all our lives.”

— Thaddeus O. Lawrence

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

— Fran Lebowitz

I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.

— W. P. Kinsella

One thing you learn about doing nonfiction is that you've got to get it right, fact-check, do your research. You've got to not only…

— Max Joseph