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I tend to read non-fiction.
I wasn't trained to write non-fiction.
I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
We like non-fiction because we live in fictitious times.
His theory was that non-fiction could be as artful as fiction.
I love all kinds of books, which include fiction and non-fiction.
Non-fiction books have helped me enormously with lots of my books.
If you wanna write non-fiction you have to be interested in the world.
Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.
I made up my mind that I will do fiction in films and non-fiction in TV.
Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.
I worked as an actor for many years. Then I segued to some non-fiction writing.
There's nothing quite as exciting or moving as the very finest literary non-fiction.
In non-fiction, I found John Gardner's two writing books to be tremendously helpful.
I'm a reluctant writer of non-fiction, in part because I don't really feel qualified.
All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.
The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction.
I'm a big fan of non-fiction, and I am a believer that fact is much more exciting than fiction.
I swing with a lot of torque from non-fiction to fiction, and I really like that place in between.
I only like non-fiction. After 30 pages of fiction, I think: what nonsense are they trying to write.
I usually dread writing non-fiction. I don't feel comfortable or confident writing essays and the like.
Chinese readers are buying books in translation, particularly non-fiction about China, in large numbers.
I'm very strict in my belief that non-fiction should be truthful, and fiction is for invented narratives.
I either like reading fun war-based sci-fi, books about the lives of chefs, or dry historical non-fiction.
I will literally read anything, regardless of genre, fiction or non-fiction, as long as it's well written.
Anything by D. H. Lawrence or Jean Genet - 'Zen Mind,' 'Beginner's Mind' is my daily go to for non-fiction.
I've just finished reading 'The Second Plane,' and I think it's some of the best non-fiction I've ever read.
I'm an avid reader. Novels, non-fiction, comics, it doesn't matter. Best way in the world to feed your head.
I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me.
Among non-fiction authors I like Richard Bach, Nichiren Daishonin, Burton Watson, Deepak Chopra and MJ Akbar.
I like to read non-fiction on my e-reader, but as for fiction, I usually like to have a copy to keep at home.
What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative.
I prefer non-fiction to fiction. In fact, I don't read fiction at all. I read books that are based on true events.
I've done a lot of movies based on real people, real situations, non-fiction books, magazine articles, life rights.
I don't really read non-fiction, but I have grown up on a steady diet of Wodehouse and, of course, science fiction.
I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus.
I like to read really good books - anything that's really great, whether it's fiction, non-fiction, how-to, or whatever.
In non-fiction, I like Wayne Dyer. I have a compilation of his best quotes near my bed! To me he's one of the finest authors.
I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers.
I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know.
I'm omnivorous in my tastes, fiction and non-fiction, always several books on the go, though I'll read a novel in a day or two.
One of the fantastic things about books, fiction or non-fiction, is the way they give you a chance to look into different lives.
I think, like, fiction has a place to understand those things that are hardest to understand that non-fiction can't ever get at.
I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure?
If the memoirist is borrowing narrative techniques from fiction, shouldn't the novelist borrow a few tricks from successful non-fiction?
The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject.
Non-fiction about personal subjects is going to attract more user comments than a foreign correspondent writing from Syria - unfortunately.
I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more.
Historical facts are the vital framework around which non-fiction writers construct their narratives; they are, quite simply, indispensable.