#nonfiction

Nonfiction is more personal for me. It's more personal in that it's more direct, and actually it's always been more direct, even when I first started doing pieces. ↗

— Joan Didion

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I contend that in the kind of nonfiction I write, and that other people also pursue, anything is permissible provided the reader knows what you're taking liberties with. ↗

— William Least Heat-Moon

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I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction. ↗

— James Rollins

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Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

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I like nonfiction books about people with wretched lives. ↗

— David Sedaris

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But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

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I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas. ↗

— Louise Brown

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I really enjoy doing both, but I didn't write nonfiction until 1994. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

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I've written six novels and four pieces of nonfiction, so I don't really have a genre these days. ↗

— Anne Lamott

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You can tell a more over-the-top incredible story if you use a nonfiction form. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

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