Nonfiction Quotes

It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.

I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to read other fiction.

I could talk more directly in a nonfiction voice than I could in fiction.

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

There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative.

I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction. I subscribe to National Geographic, Scientific American, Discover, and a slew of other magazines. And it is while reading articles for pleasure and interest that an interesting 'What if?' will pop into my head.

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.

My entire career, in fiction or nonfiction, I have reported and written about people who are not like me.

My work was entirely nonfiction.

Now that I'm taking some time off from school, I've been reading a lot to make sure I don't forget everything. It's mostly classics and nonfiction accounts from actors, directors and writers from the '40s and '50s.

I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say.

Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued.

I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work. It's such a strange and fascinating country, and instead of learning about it through a textbook, I would rather discover its history and traditions and institutions through fiction and nonfiction writers.

I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them in a column, sometimes in a novel, sometimes a play or sometimes in nonfiction. But at the core I always say to myself, 'Is there a story here? Is this something people want to read?'