#nonfiction

We insist no one be compelled to take antipsychotic drugs until he becomes so deranged that he is in 'imminent danger' and a judge has to intervene to save his life. If we really believed that forced treatment was an injustice and forced medication was cruel, then why would we allow a judge to impose it as a last resort to save a life? ↗

— Pete Earley

#nonfiction #life

What you believe can change your experience. ↗

— Staness Jonekos

#nonfiction #women-s-health #beauty

People respect nonfiction but they read novels. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#novels #people #read #respect

When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot of nonfiction - philosophy, religion, science, history, social or cultural studies. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#constantly #cultural #fiction #history #i

Nonfiction is never going to die. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#going #never #nonfiction

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

— Tom Wolfe

#career #entire #entire career #fiction #i

In December 2011, I will be opening up my production house, Sharmeen Obaid Films, and aspire to change the way Pakistanis approach nonfiction storytelling. There are thousands of stories to be found here. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#aspire #change #december #films #found

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

— Joan Didion

#directly #fiction #i #more #nonfiction

We ate, if we were fortunate, a spoonful of food each day. We drank as much water as we could keep in our cupped hands. The dying began on the fifth day. ↗

— Dave Eggers

#food

Though I have started emailing with one of my fellow readers whenever there's something important to say about Modern Family or Friday Night Lights, and with another when I notice her updates on Goodreads.com. ↗

— Rachel Bertsche

#goodreads #nonfiction #family