Courier 12 is the Type-O blood of fonts - works just as good for a 'N.Y. Times' op-ed as a screenplay or… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
A novel is achieved with hard work, the short story with inspiration. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story. — Jeffrey Archer Copy Share Image
“That's what I love about the short story. You are naked on the page. There is nowhere to hide.” — Jay Caselberg Copy Share Image
Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“I’m mistaken…. for thinking you were someone with a heart worth breaking.” — Jamie Weise Copy Share Image
I think that writers have natural canvases, and my canvas, even in short stories, often seems to be the scope of a… — Lauren Groff 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
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
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
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
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
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
'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
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
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
A short story I have written long ago would barge into my house in the middle of the night, shake me awake… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I was writing fiction in my 20s but in a pretty undisciplined way - late at night, maybe, after I'd peeled myself… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
I think my style changes somewhat. The themes I am interested in exploring are mostly the same, but I tackle them differently.… — Vandana Singh Copy Share Image
As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
We were friends with Jonathan Demme. We were all down on the West Side of New York, and I think I met… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
I didn’t do anything. I don’t have an explanation, I don’t know why I wanted to write. I did some short stories… — Don DeLillo 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
The short story packs a self in a few pages predicating a lifetime — Bernard Malamud 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
“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
“You are a more powerful person than you might have ever imagined.” Maxwell D. Kalist.” — Carla H Krueger 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
I'm used to writing short stories, which is primarily what I like to read. — Matthew Healy 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 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 would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them. — Dan Chaon 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 have written about 240 books and some short stories, too. It's taken me many years. — Eve Bunting Copy Share Image
I adapted an O. Henry short story called 'By Courier,' which got nominated for a Best Short Subject Oscar. — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
“It is better to take the other road, even if it's longer. Get a car, maybe" Green Eyes” — A.G. Billig Copy Share Image
Have a short story feature two situations, and then let them solve each other. — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
