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title: "5 Short Quotes By Laura van den Berg"
description: "5 Short quotes by Laura van den Berg. Plus more from Laura van den Berg and more Short sayings from other authors."
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> [Ever since I started writing in college, I have, save for a few short breaks here and there, been working away on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/ever-since-i-started-writing-in-college-i-have-save-for-a-few-short/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/laura-van-den-berg-4314_i-love_ever-since-i-started-writing-in-college_445415.jpg)

> [I teach fiction in my workshops, and some of the readings could be classified as horror. For example, 'House Taken Over,' a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/i-teach-fiction-in-my-workshops-and-some-of-the-readings-could-be/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/laura-van-den-berg-4314_books_i-teach-fiction-in-my-workshops-and-some_945430.jpg)

> [The short story has been here and is here and will be here as long as we are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/the-short-story-has-been-here-and-is-here-and-will-be-here-as-long-as/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/laura-van-den-berg-4314_long_the-short-story-has-been-here-and-is-her_953906.jpg)

> [When I'm working on a short story, I could duck into a bathroom at a crowded party and write a scene, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/when-i-m-working-on-a-short-story-i-could-duck-into-a-bathroom-at-a/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b58/laura-van-den-berg-4314_duck_when-i-m-working-on-a-short-story-i-coul_2203181.jpg)

> [With both novels and short stories, I think a lot in terms of character arcs, when it comes to endings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/with-both-novels-and-short-stories-i-think-a-lot-in-terms-of/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc6/laura-van-den-berg-4314_books_with-both-novels-and-short-stories-i-thi_2334653.jpg)

## Other authors on Short

## More by Laura van den Berg

> [I was born and raised in Orlando, where the economy and culture has been powerfully shaped by tourism, and so I've long been interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/i-was-born-and-raised-in-orlando-where-the-economy-and-culture-has/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

> [I lived in Boston for three years, and during that time, I wrote my first collection of stories, 'What the World Will Look Like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/i-lived-in-boston-for-three-years-and-during-that-time-i-wrote-my/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

> [I take a pretty expansive view of craft, which is to say I don't see craft as just being technique - it's also process;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/i-take-a-pretty-expansive-view-of-craft-which-is-to-say-i-don-t-see/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

> [To me, in general, something that's really rich in terms of identity about transit spaces is that they're so intimate. Especially thinking about long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/to-me-in-general-something-that-s-really-rich-in-terms-of-identity/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

> [To a certain degree, I think both self-narrativizing and selective memory are essential survival skills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/to-a-certain-degree-i-think-both-self-narrativizing-and-selective/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

> [There's the public self that we present to the outer world. There's the private self, which maybe takes more time to access. But ultimately,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/there-s-the-public-self-that-we-present-to-the-outer-world-there-s/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

> [I think my concern is I know my voice, and I know the kinds of landscapes that interest me, so my primary concern is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/i-think-my-concern-is-i-know-my-voice-and-i-know-the-kinds-of/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

> [My students are often asking me, 'What do you think are the most important qualities for a writer?' And one thing I always tells…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/my-students-are-often-asking-me-what-do-you-think-are-the-most/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

> [As a reader, I appreciate a world that feels unsettled and also visceral, inhabitable, so that's a quality I try and bring to my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/as-a-reader-i-appreciate-a-world-that-feels-unsettled-and-also/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

> [Youth is such a fascinating and volatile concoction of vulnerability, dependence, restlessness, relentlessness. You're still learning the terms of the world and of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/youth-is-such-a-fascinating-and-volatile-concoction-of-vulnerability/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

> [As a genre, the best horror poses central human questions - Who can you trust? What is the cost of our secrets? What is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/as-a-genre-the-best-horror-poses-central-human-questions-who-can-you/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

> [Paradoxically, the only thing that helps when I'm feeling despairing about writing is to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/paradoxically-the-only-thing-that-helps-when-i-m-feeling-despairing/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

> [“Over time, we became less sure we were something the other wanted to hold on to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/over-time-we-became-less-sure-we-were-something-the-other-wanted-to/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

> [Ever since I started writing in college, I have, save for a few short breaks here and there, been working away on something. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/ever-since-i-started-writing-in-college-i-have-save-for-a-few-short/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

> [I wager we have a vast amount of literature out there that tends to the stories of men, so I've never really worried too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-van-den-berg/i-wager-we-have-a-vast-amount-of-literature-out-there-that-tends-to/)

[Laura van den Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-van-den-berg/)

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