From personal experience, I completely agree that it is often easier to go for monotone sadness. When I was starting out, I… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find… — P. J. Harvey Copy Share Image
These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
I had lots of time to read [being a lawyer] what I hadn't read in my school and college days. Being a… — Khushwant Singh Copy Share Image
“If freedom is free and none need worry, then what blood drops for thee?” — Ryan Goodrich Copy Share Image
I would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them. — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
I chose philosophy because it sounded like something I ought to be interested in. I didn't know anything about it, I didn't… — Wes Anderson Copy Share Image
“One time, she waddled out and showed Peg her bandages from her last suicide attempt, which invokes sympathy in some, but usually… — David James Keaton Copy Share Image
“Turn around.” Only two words, but they deliver such a sensual threat. I do as you ask without question. You are right… — Felicity Brandon Copy Share Image
I do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
“The old outcast gape the darkness and said: “The lonely man is a fire without fireplace…”.” — Alexandar Tomov Copy Share Image
“Life is magical, there are always mysteries you won’t understand, like the one that happened today. I guess that’s what makes it… — Chloe Gadsby-Jones Copy Share Image
“To do is to be – Aristotle To be or not to be – Shakespeare To be is to do – Jean-Paul… — Alannah Foley Copy Share Image
“Thank you father, thank you. I know you watched me from above and protected me. I promise I shall serve the Magnarian… — Chayada Welljaipet Copy Share Image
“Poems are surmountable. They have rhymes and rhythms to help you make meaning. They're short enough. . . to read and reread… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
I made some shorts that I'm not in. I think because I write so many short stories, it's not that hard to… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
“In writing short stories—as in writing novels—take one thing at a time. (For some writers, this advice I'm giving may apply best… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
I've been into short stories ever since I read an Angela Carter collection when I was a teenager. — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
I was a Teletype operator in the army, so that's where I learned to type. One day, I went downstairs to see… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
“in Hurricane Season, and still spends a significant amount of time there. She has worked as a newspaper reporter and a freelance… — Michaela Thompson Copy Share Image
How much energy is wasted in Italy in trying to write the novel that obeys all the rules. The energy might have… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Considering that "literary fiction" is a sub-genre that's not quite the same as "literature," either, it follows that the short, semi-humorous bits… — Lee Klein Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in writing - it just takes so much discipline, whether it's short stories or novels. — Conor Oberst 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
“moved to Southern California. She grew up on both coasts, living in Connecticut and California. She currently resides in Southern California with… — Monique Martin Copy Share Image
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