538 Quotes About Nonfiction

I read all of the nonfiction that I could find on Chechnya, and all the while, I was searching for a novel that was set there. I couldn't find a single novel written in English that was set in the period of the two most recent Chechen wars.

If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.

In reference works, as in sin, omission is as bad as willful misbehavior.

I've written fiction... but the nonfiction has always received the most attention.

We like nonfiction, and we live in fictitious times,

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

For me, a memoir is nonfiction and nonfiction has to be absolutely true.