Short story writers simply do what human beings have always done. They write stories because they have to; because they cannot rest… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on… — Satyajit Ray Copy Share Image
At this rate, I'd be lucky if I wrote a page a day. Then I knew what the problem was. I needed… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Composition is interesting because, in a sense, you always have to let it go. Unless you're a true composer/performer, you're always sending… — Nico Muhly Copy Share Image
Who reads short stories? one is asked, and I like to think that they are read by men and women in the… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
“If I could do all of that on February 14th, it would be a personal best for me. Something to share with… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
As to my writing short pieces, there are two reasons I can give you. The first is my invincible laziness. The second… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and I won first prize.… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
Short story characters, mine anyway, are usually driven by impulse, not so much by their histories and the choices that they have… — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
Once in 1919, when I was traveling at night by train, I wrote a short story. In the town where the train… — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
After I published my first book, my sister, known as Kali Willows, began writing. She fell as in love with it as… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
For a sampler, you could try my short story collection "Wireless". Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I mean, first, almost all writers these days teach because they don't make enough money publishing to live on, to support themselves… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. The two processes complement… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Ideas come at any moment -- except when you demand them. Most ideas come while I'm physically active, at the gym, with… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I had a story-telling mother; she's written novels and short stories. So I feel like maybe I'm staying alive by telling tales. — Ayshay Copy Share Image
The fabliau, then, is a short story that is a tall story. It combines a burly blurting of dirty words with a… — Christopher Ricks Copy Share Image
“Oh no. I'm not gonna let you leave yet. I'm gonna show you the value of takin' your time to get to… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
Kelly Link's prose is conveyed in details so startling and fine that you work up a sweat just waiting for the next… — Tea Obreht Copy Share Image
“I’m warning you because you’re young and vulnerable. He’s a dirty, lying, conniving piece of shit and he’s dangerous.” Gottfried Baumauer.” — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
A short story is a writer's way of thinking through experience... Journalism aims at accuracy, but fiction's aim is truth. The writer… — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
I prefer reading novels. Short stories are too much like daggers. And now that I'm done with my collection I'm more interested… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
The writing of a novel or short story or poem or whatever should elevate the audience, not drag the writer down to… — Caitlín R. Kiernan Copy Share Image
When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
