“Don’t mock my suggestions, Ridley – one day in the near future, they might just save your life.” Maxwell D. Kalist.” — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
The short stories tend to be a journalistic gathering of anecdotes that are put together to make something larger. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“There's only so much evidence a small Jack Russell can dispose of.” — Peter Coomber Copy Share Image
In Mosca’s experience, a ‘long story’ was always a short story someone did not want to tell. — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
Novels definitely come more naturally to me. When I write short stories, it's always a fight against it expanding. — Maggie Shipstead Copy Share Image
A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“Lesson Learned: When you give away a short story, even if it's free, make sure you tell people that it is a… — Julius St. Clair Copy Share Image
“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ... - Louis Hector Berlioz” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I want to feel like I'm making a difference in this world. And I want some time for living rather than just… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
The cool thing about reading is that when you read a short story or you read something that takes your mind and… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
The first thing we see about a short story is its mystery. And in the best short stories, we return at the… — Eudora Welty 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
A short story collection can be as exciting as a novel. It is a real complete experience, like when you listen to… — David Means Copy Share Image
I never know exactly where I'm going with a story, whether it's a short story or a novel. If I did I'd… — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
My father thought a novel was a broken short story. There's something to that. Many of my favorite novels are novellas. The… — Samantha Hunt 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
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
“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
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
“The serious writer was aware of a paradox at the heart of his art: his inner world, the place of the strongest… — Marcus Speh Copy Share Image
“[On The Catcher in the Rye] “This Salinger, he’s a short story guy. And he knows how to write about kids. This… — The New York Times Copy Share Image
The Prodigal Son story is, I think, the greatest short-story ever written. It has such drama in it, such great characters, it's… — Max Lucado 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
“I’m an old man, now. I’ve been alone since my 17th birthday. I’d wanted to marry, have a bunch of kids, and… — J. Tonzelli Copy Share Image
“It’s a question of legacy. Who else will do this work but us? The men who rarely include them in retrospectives? The… — Stephanie Dupal Copy Share Image
“The vibrations he felt in his sleep had nothing to do with his soul easing out of his body as he dreamily… — Author-Poet Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“The truth is I’m a chicken shit coward who’s afraid of a girl like you. When I’m with you, I want things… — Jenny Lyn 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
“As usual, Junko thought about Jack London's 'To Build a Fire.' It was the story of a man traveling alone through the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Without direction, the respiratory technician goes to the head of the bed. She takes the tubing, attaches it to the oxygen, and… — Ruth McLeod-Kearns Copy Share Image
I wrote short stories when I was a teenager, but they weren't any good and I kinda knew it. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because--I don't know why. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“The heart's the trouble. It knows the monster but remembers the love.” — Gemma Farrow Copy Share Image
When I was in my early 20s and still at uni, I won a short-story competition: £200 was the prize. — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories. — Tom T. Hall Copy Share Image
My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form. — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
Don’t try to write a novel. Write short stories and then figure out how to connect them. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do. — George Murray Copy Share Image
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