I don't think much about the issues after they come out. I like it when people like them. Often, when people have criticisms, I find myself agreeing with them. I think some issues are stronger than others. I hope we're… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
I regret that there aren't more short stories in other magazines. But in a certain way, I think the disappearance of the short-story template… — Lorin Stein Copy Share
You can go back and try to generalize, but then you end up saying things that all editors say about everything that ever gets… — Lorin Stein Copy Share
I tend to think that the onus is on the writer to engage the reader, that the reader should not be expected to need… — Lorin Stein Copy Share
For me the question that you have to ask, about any magazine, is whether it's needed, whether it's publishing things that no one else… — Lorin Stein Copy Share
We've never had a giant circulation. And we've always been a magazine for writers and for sophisticated readers. We've never had to run stories… — Lorin Stein Copy Share
I love having people around who are better interviewers than I am and who can make the time to do a really great job.… — Lorin Stein Copy Share
Chekhov's stories are about the moment that a life goes off the rails and the price that will be paid - forever. That's a… — Lorin Stein Copy Share
I like fiction that deals with matters that are of burning importance to us in our private lives. And not all short stories are… — Lorin Stein Copy Share
Names don't matter, CVs don't matter, previous publications don't matter at all, because, in a certain way, the ideal is for someone to come… — Lorin Stein Copy Share
Pretty much every issue that we've put out, there have been at least one or two things that really surprised me. It sounds like… — Lorin Stein Copy Share
I hadn't thought about the balance in mood. You see that we did it in alphabetical order, so if there's any kind of shape,… — Lorin Stein Copy Share
A lot of people who want to see the short story have a renaissance of readership - they tend to think of short stories,… — Lorin Stein Copy Share
The real threat to reading isn’t the time we spend hanging out, it’s the time we spend online. — Lorin Stein Copy Share
When I was a book editor, I got used to being told that my tastes were dark or edgy. These are not words that… — Lorin Stein Copy Share
