Effort Quote by Robert Christgau

I'm a writer, and the subject is less important than the act of writing itself.

— Jess Walter

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

You like to write. It's the single most important quality for someone who wants to be a writer. But not in itself enough.

— Haruki Murakami

I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to…

— Alain de Botton

You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved.

— Tracy Kidder

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

— Robert Christgau

Nonfiction gives you subjects. Writing fiction I can have more fun, but I have to invent my subject.

— Lynne Tillman

There is more to be pondered in the grain and texture of life than traditional fiction allows. The work of essayists is vital precisely…

— Charles J. Shields

I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you MUST write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter…

— Rick Riordan

I think fiction is important because it has the power to transport a reader into another life.

— Anthony Doerr

Nothing trains you better to write fiction than being really good at writing about your own interiority.

— Emily Gould

You've got to be a good reader. So whatever genre that you're interested in, read a lot of books about it and it's better…

— Homer Hickam