Argument Quote by Sheila Heti

“…Here we come close to one of the definitions of literary fiction. Even the best kind of popular novel just comes straight at you;…

— Martin Amis

Fiction and nonfiction, for me, involve very different processes.

— Chad Harbach

For me, choosing between fiction and nonfiction is really only about picking the right tool for the job.

— Colson Whitehead

At least for me, it takes more knowledge to write fiction than nonfiction. At least about someplace that I begin with a lot of…

— William T. Vollmann

People seem to want to read more nonfiction than fiction.

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

People respect nonfiction but they read novels.

— E. O. Wilson

A novel is an impression, not an argument; and there the matter must rest.

— Thomas Hardy

Nicholson Baker talks about the way in which the most successful nonfiction books are those that can be boiled down into an argument so…

— Geoff Dyer

But I don't read a lot of fiction. I prefer the nonfiction stuff.

— Andy Richter

Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing. Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke…

— Joan Didion

Fiction is harder for me than nonfiction - more gratifying, as a result, when it succeeds.

— Rick Bass

I don't read that many novels, I'm more of a nonfiction fan.

— Cory Monteith