20th century Quote by Tom Wolfe

In ages past, there was less of a dichotomy between good literature and fun reads. In the twentieth century, I think, it split apart,…

— Ruth Glick

I read mostly fiction, a lot of 19th-century novels.

— Ken Follett

In my opinion, the most significant works of the twentieth century are those that rise beyond the conceptual tyranny of genre; they are, at…

— Juan Goytisolo

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century.

— J. G. Ballard

The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century.

— Ken Follett

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

— Anthony Doerr

People seem to want to read more nonfiction than fiction.

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

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

— Michael Korda

I've always been a person that thinks nonfiction is more interesting than fiction, I love to read presidential biographies.

— Martha MacCallum

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

— Rick Bass

Fiction is no longer the dominant storytelling device of our time. In the 19th century it worked great, and fiction was the king, but…

— Chuck Palahniuk

With the historical fictions, I was already doing so much research, and so much of the stories was anchored by historical truth that the…

— Debra Dean