--- title: "4 Short story Quotes By V. S. Pritchett" description: "4 Short story quotes by V. S. Pritchett. Plus more from V. S. Pritchett and more Short story sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/v-s-pritchett-13789_bursting_a-short-story-is-frequently-the-celebrat_594317.jpg" --- > [A short story is. . .frequently the celebration of character at bursting point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/a-short-story-is-frequently-the-celebration-of-character-at-bursting/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/v-s-pritchett-13789_bursting_a-short-story-is-frequently-the-celebrat_594317.jpg) > [The novel...creates a bemusing effect. The short story, on the other hand wakes the reader up. Not only that, it answers the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/the-novel-creates-a-bemusing-effect-the-short-story-on-the-other-hand/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/235/v-s-pritchett-13789_answers_the-novel-creates-a-bemusing-effect-the_860281.jpg) > [Short stories can be rather stark and bare unless you put in the right details. Details make stories human, and the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/short-stories-can-be-rather-stark-and-bare-unless-you-put-in-the/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/780/v-s-pritchett-13789_beautiful-writing_short-stories-can-be-rather-stark-and-ba_1645348.jpg) > [The makers of the short story have rarely been good novelists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/the-makers-of-the-short-story-have-rarely-been-good-novelists/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/403/v-s-pritchett-13789_makers_the-makers-of-the-short-story-have-rarel_3082289.jpg) ## Other authors on Short story - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bobby-green-18758.jpg) Carla H Krueger 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-story/carla-h-krueger/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-gaiman-70689.jpg) Neil Gaiman 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-story/neil-gaiman/) - [Felicity Brandon 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-story/felicity-brandon/) - [Zack Love 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-story/zack-love/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ray-bradbury-77494.jpg) Ray Bradbury 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-story/ray-bradbury/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kurt-vonnegut-58049.jpg) Kurt Vonnegut 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-story/kurt-vonnegut/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-story/haruki-murakami/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dan-chaon-26155.jpg) Dan Chaon 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-story/dan-chaon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tobias-wolff-91232.jpg) Tobias Wolff 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-story/tobias-wolff/) - [J. Tonzelli 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-story/j-tonzelli/) - [Cassie McCown 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-story/cassie-mccown/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lorin-stein-61221.jpg) Lorin Stein 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-story/lorin-stein/) ## More by V. S. Pritchett > [The mark of genius is an incessant activity of mind. Genius is a spiritual greed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/the-mark-of-genius-is-an-incessant-activity-of-mind-genius-is-a/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) > [There is more magic in sin if it is not committed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/there-is-more-magic-in-sin-if-it-is-not-committed/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) > [Queen Victoria - a mixture of national landlady and actress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/queen-victoria-a-mixture-of-national-landlady-and-actress/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) > [The State, that cawing rookery of committees and subcommittees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/the-state-that-cawing-rookery-of-committees-and-subcommittees/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) > [Like many popular best-sellers, he was a very sad and solemn man who took himself too seriously and his art not seriously enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/like-many-popular-best-sellers-he-was-a-very-sad-and-solemn-man-who/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) > [The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/the-canadian-spirit-is-cautious-observant-and-critical-where-the/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) > [It is less the business of the novelist to tell us what happened than to show how it happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/it-is-less-the-business-of-the-novelist-to-tell-us-what-happened-than/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) > [The detective novel is the art-for-art's-sake of our yawning Philistinism, the classic example of a specialized form of art removed from contact with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/the-detective-novel-is-the-art-for-art-s-sake-of-our-yawning/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) > [A natural New Yorker is a native of the present tense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/a-natural-new-yorker-is-a-native-of-the-present-tense/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) > [A short story is. . .frequently the celebration of character at bursting point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/a-short-story-is-frequently-the-celebration-of-character-at-bursting/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) > [The wrongs of childhood and upbringing have made a large and obsessional contribution to autobiography and the novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/the-wrongs-of-childhood-and-upbringing-have-made-a-large-and/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) > [Prep school, public school, university: these now tedious influences standardize English autobiography, giving the educated Englishman the sad if fascinating appearance of a stuffed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/prep-school-public-school-university-these-now-tedious-influences/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) > [How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/how-extraordinary-it-is-that-one-feels-most-guilt-about-the-sins-one/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) > [The difference between farce and humour in literature is, I suppose, that farce strums louder and louder on one string, while humour varies its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/the-difference-between-farce-and-humour-in-literature-is-i-suppose/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) > [On one plane, the very great writers and the popular romancers of the lower order always meet. They use all of themselves, helplessly, unselectively.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-pritchett/on-one-plane-the-very-great-writers-and-the-popular-romancers-of-the/) [V. S. Pritchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-pritchett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-story/v-s-pritchett/#itemlist", "name": "4 Short story Quotes By V. S. Pritchett", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A short story is. . .frequently the celebration of character at bursting point.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "V. S. 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