I still love Carson McCullers and Raymond Carver and Toni Morrison and James Baldwin. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I read a lot of short fiction, like Kurt Vonnegut and Raymond Carver and Wells Tower. — Lorde Copy Share Image
John Dos Passos, Raymond Carver, Flaubert and William Maxwell were all very influential when I first started writing. Now, the writers I'm… — Jonathan Dee 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
That became my aesthetic - a very Chekhovian, American realist aesthetic in the tradition of Raymond Carver, Richard Ford, and Tobias Wolff.… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
Raymond Carver had the quote that I loved about how he felt that a short story was the moment right before someone's… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
I am really into how words sound out loud, so I was always the kid who would, like, read the page of… — Lorde Copy Share Image
I would be writing and trying to write like Joan Didion. Or if I was reading Raymond Carver. You know, strong stylists.… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Hummingbird Suppose I say summer, write the word “hummingbird,” put it in an envelope, take it down the hill to the box.… — Catherine McKenzie Copy Share Image
I was reading stories by Raymond Carver and some of his stuff sort of ended abruptly here and there, where in other… — Limmy Copy Share Image
“There are thousands of talented writers at work in America, and only a few of them (I think the number might be… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I love fiction. I like reading short stories. Cupcakes, pop songs, Polaroids, and short stories. They all raise and answer questions in… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
I'm interested in dismantling the distinction between masculine and feminine writing both because I think it's a false distinction and, I think,… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy writer to imitate. — Leslie Fiedler Copy Share Image
“Why do you keep saying that " he asked in response "Apples and oranges aren't that different really. I mean they're both… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
From a literary standpoint, I've been loving Raymond Carver's short stories, William Carlos Williams' poems, Richard Siken's 'Crush', John Fante, and Jim… — Greta Salpeter Copy Share Image
“Beauties” by Anton Chekhov, “The Doll’s House” by Katherine Mansfield, “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” by J. D. Salinger, “Brownies” or “Drinking… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Some writers such as John Cheever and Raymond Carver seem to draw artistic energy from analyzing the realm of their own experiences… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
I was reading some Raymond Carver. I really liked how he did that 'slice of life' thing. Because I'm not much of… — Limmy Copy Share Image
