The short story packs a self in a few pages predicating a lifetime — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I think that writers have natural canvases, and my canvas, even in short stories, often seems to be the scope of a… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
“I’m mistaken…. for thinking you were someone with a heart worth breaking.” — Jamie Weise Copy Share Image
I would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them. — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
“Every day, when you're on the run, is the whole of your life. Every free minute is a short story with a… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers or brain cleansers. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I'm used to writing short stories, which is primarily what I like to read. — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
The many magazines, ranging from pulp to slick, that used to serve as both farm teams for writers and lures to readers,… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
I'm not against White writers writing about Blacks as long as they are as objective as say James McPherson writing about an… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
As a teenager I wrote to R.A. Lafferty. And he responded, too, with letters that were like R.A. Lafferty short stories, filled… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Are there not times, Ridley, when you yourself wish only to hear the best in people – and not to be dragged… — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
One of my many theories about short stories is that their titles and first lines ought to be memorable, because if not… — Damon Knight Copy Share Image
I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
Three of my novels and a good number of my short stories are told from the point of view of men. I… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
The short story is the art form that deals with the individual when there is no longer a society to absorb him,… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
Don't wait for success, but for the respect and interest of those who read you. At the start it could be a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
“The farmhouse sat on a rise at the end of a long dirt road, in a clearing surrounded by fruit trees and… — Marjorie Hudson Copy Share Image
“Grandpa Sereno: "There is nothing as dangerous as fear, fear of people who are different than you. Fear is the REAL danger… — Rabbi Sipporah Joseph Copy Share Image
Stories of all lengths and depths come from different parts of the cave. For a novel, you must lay in mental, physical… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
“Given our new situation, I think you should find a more appropriate way to address me Polly. Do so now please.” I… — Felicity Brandon Copy Share Image
I can't be reading novels when I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in. The hardest thing to do is keep… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
“There can't be much development of action or theme in such stories, but at least there is some. By contrast, in the… — Irving Howe Copy Share Image
“The frame of the mirror was a deep mahogany and carved with an intricate design of what appeared in the dim light… — Cassie McCown Copy Share Image
I'm your husband, she's my blessing (PT.75 of 100) If I'm not what you want then all you have to do is… — KidHolliday Marigny Copy Share Image
“This tragic short story was written in 1829 and published in 1830 in La Mode, followed by another edition in the Gosselin… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Each day of the week, Kalist indulges himself in a different, secret ritual. On Mondays, he wears cologne. On Tuesdays, he eats… — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
“One more nice thing about short stories is that you can create a story out of the smallest details -an idea that… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Debasement was limited at first to one’s own territory. It was then found that one could do better by taking bad coins… — Charles P. Kindleberger Copy Share Image
“She stared at the faded tile floor before her feet, but knew his every step around her small kitchen. When Martin touched… — Kim Bongiorno Copy Share Image
“Let's press ahead a little further by sketching out a few variations among short shorts: ONE THRUST OF INCIDENT. (Examples: Paz, Mishima,… — Irving Howe Copy Share Image
[Irony] has everything to do with what Tillie Olsen so powerfully imagined in her short story, "As I Stand Here Ironing" and… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
I am also working on a couple of short stories for anthologies. This is new to me and Im enjoying it. — Judith Guest Copy Share Image
“I'm not named after the character,' she said. 'I'm named after the entire opera.” — Julie Orringer Copy Share Image
“You are a more powerful person than you might have ever imagined.” Maxwell D. Kalist.” — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love. — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
“Mama has such cleverly timed headaches I wonder if she has any at all.” — A.E. Moseley Copy Share Image
Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
![“[Irony] has everything to do with what Tillie Olsen so powerfully imagined in her short story, "As I Stand Here Ironing" and elaborates on polemically in her 1978 book, Silences, in a chapter first delivered as a talk in 1967. As Olsen clearly saw it for women, my not being a writer was a material…” quote by Shirley Geok-lin Lim](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2ab/shirley-geok-lin-lim-3190_being-a-woman_irony-has-everything-to-do-with-what-til_1284033.png)
