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• It turns out that stating a problem clearly often suggests its solution.

  Gretchen Rubin

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• When you’re teaching creative nonfiction, it helps to have written about your life in a very open way, because you can say, ‘Look, how much are you willing to risk emotionally to write? How careful can you be with the other people you’re writing about?’

  Marya Hornbacher

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• When you deal with nonfiction you deal with human characters.

  Marya Hornbacher

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• When you write fiction, you can sort of invent more but also pack it with emotions that are very pertinent to you. Whereas with nonfiction, you have to be as factual as possible but also hopefully – also bring… emotional relevance to the piece.

  Oscar Hijuelos

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• In Bosnian, there’s no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there’s no word describing that.

  Aleksandar Hemon

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• The truth is that every writer, whether it’s fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that’s what I think I’m doing.

  Lisa Scottoline

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• I’ve always considered myself a nonfiction artist.

  Herbert James Sanborn Jr.

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• 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

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• You can tell a more over-the-top incredible story if you use a nonfiction form.

  Chuck Palahniuk

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• When I’m working on a novel of my own, I try to read mostly nonfiction, although sometimes I break down and peek at something else.

  Carl Hiaasen

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• Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren’t taken very seriously.

  Gerald Clarke

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• My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you’ll get a different answer.

  Orson Scott Card

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  Tags in Guns, Rings, Nonfiction, Again, Another, Answer