Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories. — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
Really, I think among the many mistakes I've made over my life, one of them was caring so much about the short… — Charles D'Ambrosio Copy Share Image
A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story. — Eric Brown Copy Share Image
“I’ve been asking you to marry me since we met! What more do you want?” — Chayada Welljaipet Copy Share Image
I've written over 100 short stories. You could say I'm obsessed with short stories. — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
I wrote 'The Hate U Give' as a short story while I was in college at a mostly white school in conservative… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
The short story is a very natural mode of storytelling; most stories can be told quickly. I always think of them as… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, the book that I liked the most was 'Aesop's Fables.' There was a version of it that… — Mark Mothersbaugh Copy Share Image
Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
When I complete a novel I set it aside, and begin work on short stories, and eventually another long work. When I… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a… — Eric Brown Copy Share Image
[Jorge Luis Borges] had short stories, and I was trying to learn how to write short stories, and then he had these… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“I love short stories because I believe they are the way we live. They are what our friends tell us, in their… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story. — Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
I don't revise a lot when writing short stories. As far as the novel, I definitely thought more about plot. Honestly, I'm… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
I think Willa Cather did a short story called "Paul's Case," and in it, when he finally commits suicide, it says, "He… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
“The short story can be hot and sweet or hot and fierce. You get it in one sitting or you don’t get… — Stephanie Vaughn Copy Share Image
“In the beginning we start with roses. The king’s flower right? Only they wilt in less than a day, especially when exposed… — Ruth McLeod-Kearns Copy Share Image
You can't write a novel all at once, any more than you can swallow a whale in one gulp. You do have… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I first read Wendell Berry's short-story collections, "Fidelity" and then "Watch with Me." They just knocked my socks off. The characters and… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
Idea for a short story. The shore of a lake, a young girl who's spent her whole life beside it, a girl… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
But I am not sure it would contain any short stories. For the short story is a minor art, and it must… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“He plunged into the foliage, and was swept into a humid, wet world of towering trees, animal chirps and thick ferns. After… — T.P. Grish Copy Share Image
“Then she is on me. Her soft, hot body collapses onto my own ravenous frame. She pushes my legs open with her… — Felicity Brandon Copy Share Image
“You gently lift my chin with one finger and stare deep into my eyes. Automatically I drop my gaze to avoid eye… — Felicity Brandon Copy Share Image
That same night, I wrote my first short story. It took me thirty minutes. It was a dark little tale about a… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“Have you ever done something so far out of your normal behavior that it was freeing?” She wouldn’t plead, but she wasn’t… — Lea Barrymire Copy Share Image
“He walked steadily, feeling them behind him. His stride did not falter; he pretended they weren’t there. He pretended that all was… — J. Tonzelli Copy Share Image
There are characters in some short stories who exist as people, and there are other characters in different short stories who exist… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I was a lot dumber when I was writing the novel. I felt like worse of a writer because I wrote many… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
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