“Dancing on Dewdrops" was written to be a pleasant reading experience that flows from one section to the next. It expresses the… — Mark John Terranova Copy Share Image
Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“You can't kill an idea the way they try to. You can keep it down awhile, but sooner or later it'll come… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
I'm going to marry my novels and have little short stories for children. — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
I always wrote as a vehicle for expression but did not try writing for publication until my mid-thirties, at which time I… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“You can’t change a single word. What is tensile strength? It is that all the components are working together. I repeat: You… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
“No. No… No!’ the fear ebbed my voice, cut through me like a knife. I ran, bare feet slipping and sliding over… — Charlotte Munro Copy Share Image
A short story I have written long ago would barge into my house in the middle of the night, shake me awake… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“will the crocodile not feed if there are no fishes in the river? will the hen not peck its chick if its… — jovita efehi obadolagbonyi Copy Share Image
I didn’t do anything. I don’t have an explanation, I don’t know why I wanted to write. I did some short stories… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
I went to classes on writing for film and theatre as well as short stories at Stanford. — Brook Lopez Copy Share Image
“There was a brown substance inside and Chase had no doubt: it was heroin. Only a tiny amount, but very pure." -… — Stefania Mattana Copy Share Image
I have no very sophisticated understanding of literary forms. Short stories are shorter than novels, and poems are typically shorter than either,… — Sally Rooney Copy Share Image
David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with… — Terry Southern Copy Share Image
“A short story is not a portrayal of life. When life becomes disconsolate and the fear for the unknown seeps through the… — Anu Lal Copy Share Image
I think my style changes somewhat. The themes I am interested in exploring are mostly the same, but I tackle them differently.… — Vandana Singh Copy Share Image
Yeah, I used to write short stories at first, but once you work on something, you want to show people. My peers… — Giveon Copy Share Image
There's a book called 'You're Not a Stranger Here' by Adam Haslett - short stories, a lot of them are about mental… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
“Straight is the line of Duty, Curved is the line of Beauty, Follow the straight line, thou shall see. The curved line… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I wrote short stories when I was a teenager, but they weren't any good and I kinda knew it. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“fundamental difference in approach can make the short stories of Stella Gibbons seem somewhat obvious in their tone. And yet this is… — Stella Gibbons Copy Share Image
[Red Dirt Marijuana] contains most of the great short stories in English that are not by Mr. Hemingway or Mr. O'Hara. — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Fitzgerald to Zelda's DR. Oct. 1932 "Why can't I sell my short stories?" she says. "Because you're not putting yourself in them.… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
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