Facts Quote by Max Joseph

Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them.

— Barbara Kingsolver

Writing a nonfiction story is like cracking a safe. It seems impossible at the beginning, but once you're in, you're in.

— Rich Cohen

I suppose I reached the limit of what I could do with nonfiction books, perhaps because they never felt quite intense enough - it's…

— Lawrence Osborne

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

— Fran Lebowitz

People like nonfiction presented to them in a certain way, so that they don't have to think about whether it's true or not. They…

— Errol Morris

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

— Bruce Sterling

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

Nonfiction is both easier and harder to write than fiction. It's easier because the facts are already laid out before you, and there is…

— Amy Bloom

I write nonfiction in this thriller-esque style. I have all the facts; I research it. I have thousands of pages of court documents... I…

— Ben Mezrich

I never really understood the idea that nonfiction ought to be this dispensary of data that we have at the moment. Also, roughly around…

— John D'Agata

If anything, I've found nonfiction a little easier. You don't have to make anything up. Of course, that's the inherent difficulty as well: when…

— Debra Dean

I'm all about nonfiction. I rarely read fiction. I like to read about things that really happened, facts, real life situations. That's what inspires…

— Phil Keoghan