We still go to nonfiction for content. And if it's well-written, that's a bonus. But we don't often talk about the nonfiction work of art. That's what I'm very interested in.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I really enjoy doing both, but I didn't write nonfiction until 1994.
Writing nonfiction of various kinds has been instructive and entertaining as well as paying the rent.
I find that nonfiction writers are the likeliest to turn out interesting novels.
I don't read much nonfiction because the nonfiction I do read always seems to be so badly written. What I enjoy about fiction - the great gift of fiction - is that it gives language an opportunity to happen.
Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That's material that I really like.
Generally, I read nonfiction. There's very little fiction that I enjoy enough to spend my time reading. I am generally a nonfiction guy.
I've always considered myself a nonfiction artist.
I never really considered writing something that was nonfiction.
I've written fiction... but the nonfiction has always received the most attention.
Nonfiction writers are the packhorses of literature. We're meant to carry the story. If we can make it up and down the mountain by a reliable if not scenic route, we have delivered. Technique is optional.