There will always be stories that require a feature-length…

And nobody had told them that they were short on time.

— Cecelia Ahern

My dad always told me to have a short memory, whether things are going good or bad.

— Carey Price

Love stories require an obstacle between the lovers, something that keeps them from one another. You have to yearn for the love that can't…

— Todd Haynes

I want to tell stories which require something of an audience, by way of thought, argument, emotion, because I'm more often in an audience…

— Anthony Minghella

A Million Little Pieces. I wanted the stories in the book to ebb and flow, to have dramatic arcs, to have the tension that…

— James Frey

Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form

— Irwin Shaw

I feel like I am very drawn to the short form stuff because it's just fun to be making something, and then, a week…

— Roman Coppola

Twitter is basically just writing a bunch of one-liners - it's a short form or whatever.

— Chris Cubas

In some ways, it's easier to go from short form to long form than vice versa. I used to make 30 second 'movies,' and…

— Joe Sedelmaier

Short form media is reductionist by nature.

— Jon Krakauer

My college friends call me Karu, which is the worst. Only in our country can we make a short form for a short name.…

— Karan Johar

Readers who claim a preference for short-form over long often tell me it's because they don't have time to commit to a book-length chunk…

— Lynn Coady

All the stories of the Bible that I know came to me first from my grandfather's lips... He would see stories in everything. He…

— Philip Pullman

I have realised there are so many stories which can be told beautifully on screen. It's important to be part of such films.

— Jitendra Kumar

“When we change the shape of the Land, we alter the contents and contexts of our collective, familial, and personal memories. Yet, stories can…

— Ari Berk