“All his senses screamed in warning, the very air reeking of forbidden magic, but duty call him forward.” — Karen Azinger Copy Share Image
Anything is possible on a train: a great meal, a binge, a visit from card players, an intrigue, a good night's sleep,… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced courtesy for the elderly writer who wants… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
I'll always be making music. I'd like to do it my whole life - although I also love words and want to… — Evan Dando Copy Share Image
“I tell writers not to think about writing short stories or novels. Just write one good scene. And then a novel becomes… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“Now and then I am asked as to "what books a statesman should read," and my answer is, poetry and novels—including short… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The thing I like so much about short stories is that there isn't as much of an investment of time so I'm… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
In the short stories - if I can make a very lumpy contrast - in the short stories I feel like the… — Charles D'Ambrosio Copy Share Image
I used to publish these stories in 32-page comics, and I would either do short stories or break the long ones up… — Jim Woodring Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was like six or seven. I've been writing poetry and short stories and stuff, but my… — Gabrielle Aplin Copy Share Image
“THE YEAR OF THE RAT Chen Qiufan KORMAK THE LUCKY Eleanor Arnason IN THE MOUNTAINS OF FROZEN FIRE Rus… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And that one guy, Martin that everyone liked, well he had a gash above his right eye and bruising near his jawline… — Kristi Hayes Copy Share Image
'The Blade Itself' was my first book. Probably I should've tried a few short stories first, but for some reason I decided… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Others, amounting to four novels and a mess of short stories which I did not think worth preserving, I have done my… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
Punk gave you a kind of chutzpah, so even trying to be a writer, I just thought, 'Well, I'm going to send… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I prefer short stories, but publishers would, of course, rather that writers produce novels, since novels are still more commercially viable. — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
I wanted to avoid what some modern tellers have done, quite legitimately, to make fairy tales more like novels and short stories,… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
'Monkeys' is made up of nine short stories that tell an overall story. 'Folly' is a series of vignettes all put together… — Susan Minot Copy Share Image
“Our lives would have been a hell-of-a-lot better, had we known how to survive with what we have in excess.” — Anu Lal Copy Share Image
When I complete a novel I set it aside, and begin work on short stories, and eventually another long work. When I… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Richmond Fontaine bandleader Willy Vlautin writes songs akin to finely composed short stories set in the diners, bars, casinos, and old hotels… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
“As winter went on, longer than long, we both freaked out. My mania grew to insane proportions. I sat in the study… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated… — Harold Ross Copy Share Image
