I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker. — Caroline B. Cooney Copy Share Image
“Please forgive the long letter; I didn’t have time to write a short one.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The only way, I think, to learn to write short stories is to write them, and then try to discover what you… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
I mostly write short stories. They are best written in a continuous creative process. You have a feel of immediacy. — Ruskin Bond 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
You can write a short story in two hours. Two hours a day, you have a novel in a year. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say. Of course those who write short books have even less… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
I began to write short pieces when I was living in a room too small to write a novel in. — Angela Cartwright Copy Share Image
Novels are so much unrulier and more stressful to write. A short story can last two pages and then it's over, and… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
I write short stories. They may appear big in size, but when you consider it, they're four or five novels in one...… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
Yeah, I used to write short stories at first, but once you work on something, you want to show people. My peers… — Giveon Copy Share Image
I try to write short novels and leave details out not because I want to be minimalist, but because I think that… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I don't write huge books any more. I used to write 1,000 printed pages, but now I write short books. I did… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
I like to write short stories more because I never met a writer who wasn't lazy. And a short story is, by… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
A poet can feel free, in my estimation, to write a poem for himself. Or a painter can paint a painting for… — Keegan-Michael Key Copy Share Image
I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“I wanted to write you a short letter but I hadnt time…so I wrote you a long one..” — Conor Lynch Copy Share Image
At the end of the day you do have to write a short novel beforehand, called a script, before you can make… — Louis Garrel Copy Share Image
“I don't have time to write you a short letter, so I'm writing you a long one instead.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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
I write short stories and I write things here and there. I think as an actor, it's really important to at least… — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
“I wanted to write a short letter but I only had time to write a long one… This is not my quote… — Kaye Linden Copy Share Image
I think because I write so many short stories, it's not that hard to come up with characters that are not me. — Miranda July Copy Share Image
“Write a short story every week. It’s not possible to write 52 bad stories in a row.” ~ Ray Bradbury” — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image
When I was bringing up a child, I taught myself to write in very short, concentrated bursts. If I had a weekend,… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
If you write a hundred short stories and they're all bad, that doesn't mean you've failed. You fail only if you stop… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
