Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
You have to be kind of clued into them, they are a world of their own, and most people find them disappointing… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
But I am not sure it would contain any short stories. For the short story is a minor art, and it must… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Yes, it would nice for this fifty year period, this cradle of all vampire short stories in the English language, to include… — Andrew Barger Copy Share Image
I am drawn to writing books about magic and the supernatural because those are the types of books I like to read.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“To be honest the future of The Life of One Kid... won't go very far... but I won't only put books/films… and… — Deyth Banger Copy Share Image
Take lots of time for yourself, discovering yourself-pursue not only a profession but other life passions, I always make time to rock… — Sarah Silverman 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
Long fiction is wonderful and you can lose yourself in it as a reader and as a writer, but short stories don't… — Isobelle Carmody Copy Share Image
“Reading Virginia Woolf will change your life, may even save it. If you want to make sense of modern life, the works… — Jane Goldman Copy Share Image
I always was interested in prose. As a teenager, I published short stories. And I always wanted to write the long short… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“Let's press ahead a little further by sketching out a few variations among short shorts: ONE THRUST OF INCIDENT. (Examples: Paz, Mishima,… — Irving Howe Copy Share Image
“This is that old well known man, for who I understood that one morning he puts the pistol in his mouth and… — Alexandar Tomov Copy Share Image
“There’s an immense dramatic possibility in describing that universe. The books, for me, were an enormous relief in that sense of how… — Colm Tóibín Copy Share Image
“Inside the room there sat a rocker, which she sat on, and which had rocked her while she sipped the beer, because… — Justin Dobbs Copy Share Image
“He looked out the open window. So this was what it was like. He looked through the green foliage, over the ocean,… — Nam Le Copy Share Image
“…I wonder what actually this hospital is, why I am in it and who I am. I have no time to find… — Alexandar Tomov Copy Share Image
“This was a fun little story to write. I love writing short stories. It was actually my youngest daughter who once told… — Willow Rose Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book… — Mario Batali 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
Most short stories have but one plot. The very best, however, have what I call a plot-and-a-half – that is, a main… — Elizabeth Sims Copy Share Image
While working on my first five books, I kept wishing I was writing a novel. I thought until you wrote a novel,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I started writing when I was 11. In my late teens, I was writing short stories of every conceivable type and sent… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
This was my first novel [The Dissemblers ]. I've never seriously written short stories, and actually find short stories much more intimidating… — Liza Campbell Copy Share Image
One of the things I am most excited about personally is a five-issue anthology I put together, 'Legends of Red Sonja,' which… — Gail Simone 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
Reagan wrote out many of his radio commentaries and newspaper articles as well as many of his own speeches. He wrote poetry,… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
History is ultimately storytelling. I think the more stories you write in life - and I've written a lot of screenplays, a… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
Traditionally, people have been adapting novels and short stories forever. Now, they're doing it simultaneously, with an eye towards writing the movie… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
In college I wrote for the university newspaper, and I had several short stories published in small press. I think it's just… — Gabriel Campisi Copy Share Image
“I imagine that she flushes, seeing him there, for she is at that age when even the most commonplace boys take on… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
Zachary Jernigan's short stories are in deep conversation with the history of the genre while maintaining a thoroughly modern sensibility. Here’s a… — James Patrick Kelly Copy Share Image
From a literary standpoint, I've been loving Raymond Carver's short stories, William Carlos Williams' poems, Richard Siken's 'Crush', John Fante, and Jim… — Greta Salpeter 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
Without always meaning to, I write really long short stories, 60-pagers, 90-pagers, pieces of fiction that are too long for all but… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
I was 35 when I started taking classes at Ohio University. After I got my degree, I kept working at the mill.… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I grew up reading Updike. I remember being alarmed to find that he had published short stories by the time he was… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
“Kalyug Briefs : VOLUME I, II & III A collection of Short Stories Central Theme :: What Your Sow, So Shall You… — Aparna Gangopadhyay Copy Share Image
Written by the ancient Chinese philosopher of the same name, the 'Zhuangzi' is one long perplexing puzzle of a rambling collection of… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I like fiction that deals with matters that are of burning importance to us in our private lives. And not all short… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
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