Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer,… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“He had had no experience in asking for a job with a big organization, and Mr. Dilling was making him aware of… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Oh no, princess. I would never carry out anything which could harm your being. This was just something I was told to… — Chayada Welljaipet Copy Share Image
I had a short story collection come out in 2006, and then I couldn't work on large projects for a long time… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
“A mermaid who somehow shared this woman’s face and name had betrayed him once. But this was not the same woman. And… — Alexa Rowan Copy Share Image
My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“But as I sat in that bed, the book in my hands, the city outside silent, I had reason to feel as… — Ray Russell Copy Share Image
Sail the main course in a simple sturdy craft. Keep her well stocked with short stories and long laughs. Go fast enough… — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
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
“Misery comes to miser; joy comes to wiser. (A Very Hot Cup of Tea, Empathy) Juvenile invites, youth tries, adult applies, and… — D.R. Mirror Copy Share Image
If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced that there is, no one has ever been able to… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“As he carefully made his way back to the stairs and awkwardly turned off the light, he did not notice that the… — Cassie McCown Copy Share Image
I feel very protective in the first draft, when all the pieces are coming together. I work in a way that is… — Jill McCorkle 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
“I cannot be certain what I would have said. I knew that there was something sad and faintly distasteful about love's ending,… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
I think fiction isn't so good at being for or against things in general - the rhetorical argument a short story can… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Even while I was working on the novel I would also write short stories as relief, just to be in a wieldier… — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
I was free. Every day, when you're on the run, is the whole of your life. Every free minute is a short… — Gregory David Roberts 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
I’m a poet. And then I put the poetry in the drama. I put it in short stories, and I put it… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
'The Blade Itself' was my first book. Probably I should've tried a few short stories first, but for some reason I decided… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
The short story is still like the novel's wayward younger brother, we know that it's not respectable - but I think that… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
If Francoise Sagan hadn't written a book called A Chateau in Sweden, I would certainly write a short story called A Chateau… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
What the short story needs above all is for one of the big publishers to get an equivalent series up and running… — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
My short stories are like soft shadows I have set out in the world, faint footprints I have left. I remember exactly… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You can't learn to write that way - by writing directly for the screen. Wait until you're 30. But in the meantime… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Short stories and some short novels are close to poetry--with the fewest words they capture the essence of a situation, of a… — Gina Berriault Copy Share Image
Writing the short story is essentially an act of grace. It's not a matter of will so much as trust. I try… — Paulette Alden Copy Share Image
Songwriters are expanding time rather than compressing time. My short stories tend to be old fashioned, with a beginning, middle and end. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
“Our aim is to make the world more beautiful than it was when we came into it. It can be done. You… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I love YA, and it's been a really good fit for me. But at some point, I would like to try something… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and… — Eric Brown Copy Share Image
“Junk?” Gram gasped. “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure, you know.” “Yeah, well, maybe it’s time to let another man have… — Cassie McCown Copy Share Image
“I was not going to Honolulu because I wanted to see life reduced to a short story. I was going to Honolulu… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Having made films, I know very well that the scope of the average 90- to 120-minute movie is about the same narrative… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
The function of the Short Story is to be interesting, to convey vivid impressions, an therefore it must, to a degree, work… — Henry Seidel Canby Copy Share Image
Raymond Carver had the quote that I loved about how he felt that a short story was the moment right before someone's… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
I didn't intend to become a short-story writer. I became one because I finished a couple of short stories and realized that's… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
