“Write a nonfiction book, and be prepared for the legion of readers who are going to doubt your fact. But write a novel, and get ready for the world to assume every word is true.” WorldWritingBookFactsNovelDoubtReadyReaderAssumingPreparedNonfictionBe PreparedLegion Book:High Tide in Tucson Source: High Tide in Tucson
“My platform has been to reach reluctant readers. And one of the best ways I found to motivate them is to connect them with reading that interests them, to expand the definition of reading to include humor, science fiction/fantasy, nonfiction, graphic novels, wordless books, audio books and comic books.” WayHas BeensBookReadingFoundInterestFictionFantasyNovelReaderScience FictionDefinitionsBest WayComicNonfictionPlatformsComic BookGraphicReluctantGraphic NovelsAudioAudio Books Author:Jon Scieszka
“I did not set out to write another novel. One day I sat down with the thought of trying my hand at a piece of nonfiction, a personal memoir of youth, but over the next several weeks, without intending it, the work began evolving into what has become 'Tomcat in Love.” WritingTryingHandsNextNovelPiecesWeekYouthOne DayMemoirEvolveSatNonfiction Author:Tim O'Brien
“It's very bad to write a novel by act of will. I can do a book of nonfiction work that way - just sign the contract and do the book because, provided the topic has some meaning for me, I know I can do it. But a novel is different. A novel is more like falling in love. You don't say, 'I'm going to fall in love next Tuesday, I'm going to begin my novel.' The novel has to come to you. It has to feel just like love.” KnowsWayFeelsWritingI CanBookDifferentFallNextCan DoNovelLove YouFalling In LoveContractsNonfictionTopicsTuesdayI Can Do ItLike LoveFeels Just Author:Norman Mailer
“The DNA of the novel - which, if I begin to write nonfiction, I will write about this - is that: the title of the novel is the whole novel. The first line of the novel is the whole novel. The point of view is the whole novel. Every subplot is the whole novel. The verb tense is the whole novel.” IfsWritingFirstsWholeLinesViewsNovelPoint Of ViewTitlesNonfictionDnaTenseVerbsSubplots Author:Mary Kay Zuravleff
“When I was in college I started writing prose, because a very smart professor asked me what I like to read and I said, "Novels," and she said, "You should be writing them then." Memoir never even occurred to me. I think I was afraid of nonfiction and I was afraid of navel-gazing, and of being seen.” ThinkingShouldWritingSaidNovelCollegeSmartMemoirProseProfessorsNonfictionGazingVery SmartNavelNavel Gazing Author:Melissa Febos
“I'm just too lazy. I wish I could be someone that has wild affairs - all of my favorite nonfiction novels are about these wild affairs and postmarital agonistes - but to be honest, I'm someone that doesn't deal well with instability.” WellsWishDealsNovelHonestAffairMy FavoriteBeing HonestLazyNonfictionInstability Author:Kate Zambreno
“The nonfiction novel or literary memoir as authored by women is usually given a much harder time in mainstream criticism.” GivenNovelCriticismHarderMemoirNonfictionMainstream Author:Kate Zambreno
“I think I can safely call 2012 average. Overall, it was a stronger year for nonfiction than fiction - a situation that would've surprised me back in January, when I was looking forward to big new novels from several authors I really love.” ThinkingYearsI CanBigsFictionSituationNovelStrongerAverageNonfictionLooking ForwardJanuary Author:David Edelstein
“I wrote four novels, but then I realized that the world didn't need me to be a novelist, but the world could use me as a nonfiction writer.” WorldNeedsUseNovelFourI RealizedNovelistsNonfictionUsing Me Author:David Quammen
“My reading preferences are kind of all over the board - I read nonfiction, I read graphic novels.” KindReadingNovelBoardsNonfictionPreferenceGraphicGraphic Novels Author:Dav Pilkey