A lot of people who want to see the short story have a renaissance of readership - they tend to think of… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
“But I want to assure you, if it’s your last day on earth, even after 2,000 years, I strongly suggest you go… — Richard Finney Copy Share Image
“... all of it conspiring to carry them through those first few minutes and through the front door of the house with… — Robin Black Copy Share Image
“As though you read my mind, you steady my head between your hands and eye me intensely. Then your mouth is on… — Felicity Brandon Copy Share Image
Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too. — George Stephen Copy Share Image
“LIFE IS AN ENTHUSIASM. MY EXPERIENCE OF LIFE, MY VISION ALL ARE MENTION IN MY BOOKS. WRITING LANGUAGE - MALAYALAM. I BORN… — Saravan Maheswer 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
Dialogue that is written in dialect is very tiring to read. If you can do it brilliantly, fine. If other writers read… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I was 17 when I wrote a collection of short stories and wanted it published but it didn't happen. A lot of… — Kanika Dhillon Copy Share Image
Every decade, we get a stunning collection of dynamic, heartbreaking short stories. In the past, those collections came from Barry Hannah, Mark… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Faith is a capacity of the spirit. It is like talent: you have to be born with it — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“Running records capture what young readers say and do while reading continuous text, usually short stories or books. Having taken the record… — Marie Clay Copy Share Image
“The only one everlasting love is the unrealized one. The love to this thing that you’d never had. Behind it is hidden… — Alexandar Tomov Copy Share Image
Writing a book is something I actually feel like I could do. I don't know when that would happen, but I feel… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
“She knew breaking up with Ethan was going to be a full-time job because being in a relationship with him had also… — Richard Finney Copy Share Image
“What are you grinning at?' Nal muttered. As if in response, the gull spread its wings and opened its shadow over the… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
Those around you can have their novellas, sweet, their short stories of cliché and coincidence, occasionally spiced up with tricks of the… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“Deep in the woods, beside the swift-running stream, I stood listening, until the faint rustle of leaves reached me—soft songs drifting on… — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
The words you can't find, you borrow. We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I can't be reading novels when I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in. The hardest thing to do is keep… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
I established my first writing routine when I was 13. The school year had just ended, and I'd won a stack of… — Ayobami Adebayo Copy Share Image
I often say to my students in workshops that if they are trying to find literary inspiration, they should not go and… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I write short stories. They may appear big in size, but when you consider it, they're four or five novels in one...… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
