Books Quote by Andrew Barger

“Short stories are often treated as the poor cousins of novels.”

— Christopher Bram

“A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.”

— Stephen King

“A novel is just a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.”

— George Saunders

“Fiction is as easy as telling a convincing lie. The more believable the better the story.”

— T.R. Wallace

“Unfortunately, the story wasn’t a novel, and it wasn’t fiction.”

— Aleatha Romig

“...an irresistible of why we read and why we love. We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end,…

— Gabrielle Zevin

The short story, free from the longuers of the novel is also exempt from the novel's conclusiveness--too often forced and false: it may thus…

— Edith Wharton

“I was a little resentful that when a woman writes, her personal story becomes part of the story, even though the novel is fiction.”

— Roxane Gay

“I've always longed to turn the last page of a romantic novel but it seems my life is destined to remain a book of…

— Michael Faudet

Unlike the novel, a short story may be, for all purposes, essential.

— Jorge Luis Borges

The short story is at an advantage over the novel, and can claim its nearer kinship to poetry, because it must be more concentrated,…

— Elizabeth Bowen

“This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit. Fiction writers, present company included, don't understand very much about…

— Stephen King