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> [It wasn't until I started to read short stories - by people like Alice Munro, Mavis Gallant, John Updike... Eudora Welty - that I became excited about the possibilities of writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-windley/it-wasn-t-until-i-started-to-read-short-stories-by-people-like-alice/)

[Carol Windley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-windley/)

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## More by Carol Windley

> [I started to read at a very early age, and I just thought that books and reading were really the most wonderful thing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-windley/i-started-to-read-at-a-very-early-age-and-i-just-thought-that-books/)

[Carol Windley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-windley/)

> [I can get really obsessive. I like writing many drafts, and I try not to because it is very time-consuming, especially when you're working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-windley/i-can-get-really-obsessive-i-like-writing-many-drafts-and-i-try-not/)

[Carol Windley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-windley/)

> [Language and written language are the only real way we have to see inside another person's thoughts and to know what makes another person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-windley/language-and-written-language-are-the-only-real-way-we-have-to-see/)

[Carol Windley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-windley/)

> [Each story presents a mystery that has to be solved in the process of writing. When I'm at work on a story, I'm completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-windley/each-story-presents-a-mystery-that-has-to-be-solved-in-the-process-of/)

[Carol Windley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-windley/)

> [I have a preference for writing that deals with domestic issues; even in visual art, I like work that focuses on very small aspects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-windley/i-have-a-preference-for-writing-that-deals-with-domestic-issues-even/)

[Carol Windley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-windley/)

> [It wasn't until I started to read short stories - by people like Alice Munro, Mavis Gallant, John Updike... Eudora Welty - that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-windley/it-wasn-t-until-i-started-to-read-short-stories-by-people-like-alice/)

[Carol Windley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-windley/)

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