Books Quote by Anthony Doerr

I prefer short stories, but publishers would, of course, rather that writers produce novels, since novels are still more commercially viable.

— Charles Baxter

When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I never wrote…

— Ruskin Bond

I tend not to write books that are really, really long, and I'm also a pretty fast writer.

— Elizabeth Berg

I had a nice part at big newspapers, small newspapers, and then I went to a very big newspaper - 'The Wall Street Journal.'…

— Erik Larson

I used to be a freelance journalist, so I had to write fast, but I always found writing nonfiction constraining. I like the freedom…

— Michelle Gagnon

When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books.

— Elizabeth Moon

I've been writing fiction since I was a kid. From the age of 15 to 25, I probably wrote more than 50 short stories,…

— Amor Towles

I consider myself a writer. I don't favour any type of writing. I sometimes wish short stories came more easily to me.

— James Lasdun

I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and…

— Erica Jong

If you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game.

— Paul Harding

I actually enjoy writing longer books because you have even more to get your storytelling teeth into.

— Stephen Cole

I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists.

— William Gibson