“A prickle of awareness made the hairs at the back of his neck stand. A deep chill sank into his flesh to… — Pamela K. Kinney, "Let Demon Dogs Lie," Southern Haunts: Devils in the Darkness Copy Share Image
I prefer reading novels. Short stories are too much like daggers. And now that I'm done with my collection I'm more interested… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
Jesus of Nazareth could have chosen simply to express Himself in moral precepts; but like a great poet He chose the form… — Dudley Nichols Copy Share Image
“For the biographer, the final clue to character lies in the yet unread - the scribbled note, the diary page, a notation… — Laura Furman Copy Share Image
I should say that, in addition to my tree - love (it was originally called The Tree), it arose from my own… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“You will get exactly what you deserve Polly,” comes the firm reply, “you can trust me on that… But if you do… — Felicity Brandon Copy Share Image
The words you can't find, you borrow. We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Composition is interesting because, in a sense, you always have to let it go. Unless you're a true composer/performer, you're always sending… — Nico Muhly Copy Share Image
Great short stories and great jokes have a lot in common. Both depend on what communication-theorists sometimes called "exformation," which is a… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Kilgore Trout once wrote a short story which was a dialogue between two pieces of yeast. They were discussing the possible purposes… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a computer in… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
I've always believed that poetry must speak of realities as least as complicated as those spoken of in prose. I've read books… — Lawrence Joseph Copy Share Image
I was a Teletype operator in the army, so that's where I learned to type. One day, I went downstairs to see… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
The writing process for a short story feels more like field geology, where you keep turning the thing over and over, noting… — Rivka Galchen Copy Share Image
“My hope is that you read these pages and know you aren’t alone when you submit your short work. You are part… — Windy Lynn Harris Copy Share Image
The short story that eventually grew into Constellation was the first fiction set in Russia that I'd ever written, and that was… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
Chekhov used to correspond with aspiring writers, and once he gave this advice to Maxim Gorky when he was encouraging him to… — Catherine Brady Copy Share Image
“Reluctantly, he put his hand up to the cold glass. That odd tingling sensation raced through his body again. His ears began… — Cassie McCown Copy Share Image
Even when there's not a joke or a hook, the first line has to be good and snapem to attention. Songs ain't… — Dan Bern Copy Share Image
I want my stories to be something about life that causes people to say, not, oh, isn't that the truth, but to… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
Don’t let people interfere with you. Boot ’em out, turn off the phone, hide away, get it done. If you carry a… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I wanted to avoid what some modern tellers have done, quite legitimately, to make fairy tales more like novels and short stories,… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I once wrote a short story called 'The Best Blues Singer in the World,' and it went like this: 'The streets that… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
Although I'm very lazy when it comes to writing, I'm not that lazy when it comes to thinking. I like to develop… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I'm one of those writers who started off writing novels and came to writing short stories later, partly because I didn't have… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I don't know what the definition of a short story is, and I don't even care to answer that question. That's something… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The rules seem to be these: If you have written a successful novel, everyone invites you to write short stories. If you… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“You raise an eyebrow at me speculatively. “Really?” you enquire your voice full of sarcasm. “Respect me how Jenna? By choosing not… — Felicity Brandon Copy Share Image
The resistance to my work, and to my way of writing, has been there from the beginning. The first things I wrote… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
The basis of almost every argument or conclusion I can make is the axiom that the short story can be anything the… — H. E. Bates Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a visual artist, but I realized I was more affected by what I read than by what I… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I think my leap into TV and movies and comics is in a way natural because I'm a visual storyteller. If you… — Benjamin Percy Copy Share Image
The literature now is so opaque to the average person that you couldn't take a science-fiction short story that's published now and… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
“He stood just near the club’s steps, his back to me along the foggy English night, and it was not until I’d… — S.C. Parris Copy Share Image
Really, the moment you have any idea, the second thought that enters your mind after the original idea is, "What is this?… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Well, as a short-story writer, I don't think there are any weaknesses to the genre itself. I guess I would say that… — ZZ Packer Copy Share Image
I made some shorts that I'm not in. I think because I write so many short stories, it's not that hard to… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
In March of 2001, I revisited the short story, and found that thought it did not work well as a short story,… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“He was a chameleon. He could change his appearance in seconds. He was a master in disguise, and he could baffle the… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
![“In March of 2001, I revisited the short story, and found that thought it did not work well as a short story, it might work much better as a longer one. The novel [The Kite Runner] came about as an expansion of that original, unpublished short story.” quote by Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cad/khaled-hosseini-251_expansion_in-march-of-2001-i-revisited-the-short-s_173828.png)
