“Now and then I am asked as to ‘what books a statesman should read,’ and my answer is, poetry and novels –… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Short stories consume you faster. They're connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
“Inside the room there sat a rocker, which she sat on, and which had rocked her while she sipped the beer, because… — Justin Dobbs Copy Share Image
Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on their own,… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I love short stories. They're like small imploding universes. They are very tightly bound and controlled. I'd been wanting to write one… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“A novel is just a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.” — George Saunders Copy Share Image
When I started out in the early 1930s, there were a great many magazines that published short stories. Unfortunately, the short-story market… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
History is ultimately storytelling. I think the more stories you write in life - and I've written a lot of screenplays, a… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
“…I set the house on fire. It’s dark outside. The fire tears down the darkness. I turn my back to the place… — Alexandar Tomov Copy Share Image
“This was a fun little story to write. I love writing short stories. It was actually my youngest daughter who once told… — Willow Rose Copy Share Image
I started writing because I wanted to write scripts, but I wasn't very good at it. Then I started writing short stories,… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker. — Caroline B. Cooney Copy Share Image
“She would keep playing the role of the winner as long as the audience believed her.” — Mary Papas Copy Share Image
I like fiction that deals with matters that are of burning importance to us in our private lives. And not all short… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
“I had written a book of short stories which was published under the title of "Uncle Tom's Children". When the review of… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
“The wheel turns for all, caro Chase. It’s the karma effect,” Giulia cried, aping Ilenia. She could have never imagined that her… — Stefania Mattana Copy Share Image
When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
Originally I wanted somewhere to set my short stories about the sort of people I recognise having grown up with. Carnbeg was… — Ronald Frame Copy Share Image
I've been writing short stories for twenty years now, on and off ever since I was in the creative writing program at… — Andrew Lam Copy Share Image
I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers or brain cleansers. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
The resistance to my work, and to my way of writing, has been there from the beginning. The first things I wrote… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
“And then another book, never read, long forgotten, catches his eye. The jacket is missing, the title on the spine practically faded.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Zachary looked down into the swirling morass that was his beer as the man walked onto the stage and started to play… — Pete Langman Copy Share Image
Scrivener is where I live. I'm planning the next novel, two screenplays and a couple of short stories with it and it's… — Michael Marshall Smith Copy Share Image
