“Men circle like bees around honey, buzzing to communicate their sexual despair.” — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
Before World War II, I was living a very cloistered existence, as most cartoonists do. The work I was pouring out did… — Will Eisner Copy Share Image
If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
“Hmmm,” you muse out loud. Your voice is deep and carnal, a sound which sends new surges of desire rushing to my… — Felicity Brandon Copy Share Image
One easy mistake to make with the first novel is to expand the short story. Some things are better as a story;… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
I regret that there aren't more short stories in other magazines. But in a certain way, I think the disappearance of the… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
To create anything — whether a short story or a magazine profile or a film or a sitcom — is to believe,… — Tom Bissell Copy Share Image
“In a sense, each one of us was facing forces that were far bigger than us, forces that we barely understood. My… — Nallasivan V Copy Share Image
“He admired bears because everyone was afraid to disturb them while they slept and fish were so in love with bears that… — Robb Todd Copy Share Image
Novels are more difficult simply because they are longer and require more juggling, but short stories are closer to perfection, if you… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
Had Elizabeth Bennet known how wildly Darcy's heart beat for her, 'Pride and Prejudice' would barely have made it into a short… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I get stage fright with short stories. For me it feels like standup comedy: kill or die. I'm more confident when I… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
Over the years I have forged intimate familial ties with these characters, who are reflections of a portion of myself. Consequently, even… — Shusaku Endo Copy Share Image
I think I succeeded as a writer because I did not come out of an English department. I used to write in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
When I returned to short stories, I'd started working on what is still central to much of what I try to do:… — Karin Tidbeck Copy Share Image
Like some kind of particularly tenacious vampire the short story refuses to die, and seems at this point in time to be… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
...Mr. Wodehouse is a prose stylist of such startling talent that Frankie nearly skipped around with glee when she first read some… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an editor. I never wanted to be a boss. I just wanted to write, and it didn't… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I am also working on a couple of short stories for anthologies. This is new to me and Im enjoying it. — Judith Guest Copy Share Image
[Jorge Luis Borges] had short stories, and I was trying to learn how to write short stories, and then he had these… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The short story and the truth is that I was taking vocal lessons here in New York... One day, instead of my… — Lesley Gore Copy Share Image
I think I got spoiled and that writing a short story and getting it published, or writing a novel and getting it… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
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