“When they reached their ship, Ed gazed out at the bay. It was black. The sky was black, but the bay was… — Clark Zlotchew Copy Share Image
I've written over 100 short stories. You could say I'm obsessed with short stories. — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
“You raise one eyebrow and regard me with another intense stare. “Start by stripping please Jenna.” I hear what you say and… — Felicity Brandon Copy Share Image
“Short stories force us to keep our distance from the characters; novels bring us closer to them.” — David Mikics Copy Share Image
Three of my novels and a good number of my short stories are told from the point of view of men. I… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
If you're an American reader, you can love short stories the way other Americans love baseball; this is our game, people! We… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
I kept writing short stories and sending out my manuscript, and it kept coming back like a bad penny. It was rejected… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
I had a lot of expectations placed on me because I was already having some success with my short stories. That was… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
“I imagine I should have told it to you before? I love you, Sejal.I wish for you to become my wife.Recently I’ve… — Chayada Welljaipet Copy Share Image
The rules seem to be these: If you have written a successful novel, everyone invites you to write short stories. If you… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
Yes?’ he asked, looking at me over the sheet. ‘I’m a writer temporarily down on my inspirations.’ ‘Oh, a writer, eh?’ ‘Yes.’… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“To me, quotes function as the sunscreen against a writers brilliance. As soon as I cannot stand to look at the magnificence… — Martijn Benders Copy Share Image
I used to take my short stories to girls' homes and read them to them. Can you imagine the reaction reading a… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“She was so plain. Would it kill you to wear skirts more, he had said to her. Would it really hurt you?… — Meg Sefton Copy Share Image
I started out in graduate school to be a fiction writer. I thought I wanted to write short stories. I started writing… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
I have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I was a lot dumber when I was writing the novel. I felt like worse of a writer because I wrote many… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
I want to write a script, but before that, I am planning to compile a book of short stories. — Mouni Roy Copy Share Image
A novel is what you call something that won't sell if you call it poems or short stories. — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
In the early 2000s, I started selling some short stories to horror markets. I joined the Horror Writers Association. — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
“I had written short stories that were thought worthy of preservation! Was it the same insignificant I that I had always known?… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
