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Most books aren’t pure nonfiction or fiction Picture Quote #1

Most books aren’t pure nonfiction or fiction

I don’t have time to read nonfiction Picture Quote #1

I don’t have time to read nonfiction

I like nonfiction books about people with wretched lives Picture Quote #1

I like nonfiction books about people with wretched lives

I really enjoy doing both, but I didn’t write nonfiction until 1994 Picture Quote #1

I really enjoy doing both, but I didn’t write nonfiction until 1994

The challenge of nonfiction is to marry art and truth Picture Quote #1

The challenge of nonfiction is to marry art and truth

When you deal with nonfiction you deal with human characters Picture Quote #1

When you deal with nonfiction you deal with human characters

But I don’t read a lot of fiction. I prefer the nonfiction stuff Picture Quote #1

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

I have written two nonfiction books, I’m embarrassed to say Picture Quote #1

I have written two nonfiction books, I’m embarrassed to say

I’ve written many nonfiction books, but that’s a special gift Picture Quote #1

I’ve written many nonfiction books, but that’s a special gift

Fiction and nonfiction, for me, involve very different processes Picture Quote #1

Fiction and nonfiction, for me, involve very different processes

I’ve always considered myself a nonfiction artist Picture Quote #1

I’ve always considered myself a nonfiction artist

The difference between fiction and nonfiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable Picture Quote #1

The difference between fiction and nonfiction is that fiction must be...

I often read nonfiction, and some of my ideas begin there Picture Quote #1

I often read nonfiction, and some of my ideas begin there

Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued Picture Quote #1

Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued

Nonfiction is easy and fiction is hard Picture Quote #1

Nonfiction is easy and fiction is hard

When I wrote nonfiction, my best work was the really personal stuff Picture Quote #1

When I wrote nonfiction, my best work was the really personal stuff

Nonfiction is never going to die Picture Quote #1

Nonfiction is never going to die

People seem to want to read more nonfiction than fiction Picture Quote #1

People seem to want to read more nonfiction than fiction

Ah, well, I have no talent for nonfiction, that’s my problem Picture Quote #1

Ah, well, I have no talent for nonfiction, that’s my problem

I could talk more directly in a nonfiction voice than I could in fiction Picture Quote #1

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

My work was entirely nonfiction Picture Quote #1

My work was entirely nonfiction

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority Picture Quote #1

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

In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth Picture Quote #1

In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth

Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It’s the essence of beauty. The essence of pain. It pleases the eye and the ear Picture Quote #1

Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to...

Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing Picture Quote #1

Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research...

He would write it for the reason he felt that all great literature, fiction and nonfiction, was written: truth comes out, in the end it always comes out. He would write it because he felt he had to Picture Quote #1

He would write it for the reason he felt that all great literature, fiction and...

I think the goal with any writing, but especially narrative nonfiction, is to put the blockade of putting your thoughts in this unnatural medium of print and then trying to reach through that and actually convey what’s going on, what you think, and make people laugh and recognize themselves while doing it. Definitely the laughing thing Picture Quote #1

I think the goal with any writing, but especially narrative nonfiction, is to...

Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be real, but it’s true; it goes beyond the garland of facts to get to emotional and psychological truths. As for nonfiction, for history, it may be real, but its truth is slippery, hard to access, with no fixed meaning bolted to it. If history doesn’t become story, it dies to everyone except the historian Picture Quote #1

Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be real, but...

As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it’s important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics Picture Quote #1

As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it’s...

The funny thing is that in Bosnia there are no words that are equivalent to fiction and nonfiction. From the storytelling point of view, the difference is artificial Picture Quote #1

The funny thing is that in Bosnia there are no words that are equivalent to...

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