Children can't help but create: they need to put their mind on the page, they want to paint, to sculpt, to write… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
My favorite writer is Alice Munro. It's simply amazing how well she captures entire lifetimes in a single short story. — Chloe Benjamin Copy Share Image
You know, it's sort of common wisdom among New York publishers that short story collections don't make money. — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
“A novel is just a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.” — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Do three things each night before you go to bed: read a poem, read a short story, read an essay. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Every day, when you're on the run, is the whole of your life. Every free minute is a short story with a… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers or brain cleansers. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them. — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
Sometimes I do work on a longer manuscript in tandem with one or two shorter pieces - whether it's a short story… — Christine Sneed Copy Share Image
“My whore of a brother has done it again." "Then, as always, orders me to clean up the mess." "I think I… — Yelle Hughes Copy Share Image
It's possible, in a poem or short story, to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language, and to… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent… — Samantha Morton Copy Share Image
I was also a good writer, by the way. My, you know, my English teacher and writing teacher loved my writing. You… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
For me, the short story is not a character sketch, a mouse trap, an epiphany, a slice of suburban life. It is… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
I'm writing a novel about the Syrian war. It will be completely different from my short stories. I have to address my… — Osama Alomar Copy Share Image
A major boom in real stock prices in the US after Black Tuesday brought them halfway back to 1929 levels by 1930.… — Robert J. Shiller 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
“Have you ever seen Russian nesting dolls?” Thrown by the questions, she opened her eyes. Why would he suddenly speak about a… — Dominique Eastwick Copy Share Image
I had lots of time to read [being a lawyer] what I hadn't read in my school and college days. Being a… — Khushwant Singh Copy Share Image
The short story is at an advantage over the novel, and can claim its nearer kinship to poetry, because it must be… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
“Given our new situation, I think you should find a more appropriate way to address me Polly. Do so now please.” I… — Felicity Brandon Copy Share Image
I can't be reading novels when I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in. The hardest thing to do is keep… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
“The frame of the mirror was a deep mahogany and carved with an intricate design of what appeared in the dim light… — Cassie McCown 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
[Irony] has everything to do with what Tillie Olsen so powerfully imagined in her short story, "As I Stand Here Ironing" and… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
Debasement was limited at first to one’s own territory. It was then found that one could do better by taking bad coins… — Charles P. Kindleberger Copy Share Image
“She stared at the faded tile floor before her feet, but knew his every step around her small kitchen. When Martin touched… — Kim Bongiorno Copy Share Image
“I hate this night. I hate that it makes me a person so truly removed from the real me; this man who… — J. Tonzelli Copy Share Image
“This person has hoped and dreamed and now it is really happening and this person can hardly believe it. But believing is… — Miranda July 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
“I'm not named after the character,' she said. 'I'm named after the entire opera.” — Julie Orringer Copy Share Image
I'm used to writing short stories, which is primarily what I like to read. — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
My favorite books to give or get are short story collections. And always paperbacks because they are easy to carry as you… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“You are a more powerful person than you might have ever imagined.” Maxwell D. Kalist.” — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
“She craved a family, not having had enough of one to understand what a pain in the ass it was.” — Maile Meloy Copy Share Image
We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
The short story packs a self in a few pages predicating a lifetime — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
![“I had lots of time to read [being a lawyer] what I hadn't read in my school and college days. Being a bad student I barely passed my exams and I barely bothered about books. It was sports all the time. I started reading and got involved in literature and writing. The few cases I handled gave me…” quote by Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7f9/khushwant-singh-9061_book_i-had-lots-of-time-to-read-being-a-lawye_326605.jpg)
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