Attention Quote by Brian Stelfreeze

The stories tend to be what I work on when I'm stuck. Something will just pop into my head and I'll think that's more…

— Jess Walter

I want a body of work; I want a good story after a good story.

— Giancarlo Esposito

What I have to write, the story, it is always going on in my mind. What incidences I can add in the story -…

— Sudha Murty

If you like a story that's totally different and won't know which way it's going... where it's go ing to end up and which…

— Anonymous

I tend to write longer narrative pieces after I've finished writing a novel - when the fiction's finished and put away, and I have…

— Dinaw Mengestu

The reason I choose the stories I choose - and it's why it takes me so long to find ideas - is that I'm…

— Erik Larson

Usually, I have a lot of acquaintance with the story before I start writing it. When I didn't have regular time to give to…

— Alice Munro

I love a story that balances pace with detail.

— Michael Boatman

“One thing writers have in common is the need to procrastinate. People don't really understand this, but it's not avoiding work, it is work.…

— Steven T. Seagle

Any time I put together a story collection, I don't know what it's going to look like overall - or even what the title…

— Brian Evenson

I wish I could write solely from imagination, but then I would not have a story to write. I need to produce the story…

— Jill Magid

“A story is a great way to describe your vision. Unlike a list of requirements, it helps the reader understand what’s important and why.”

— Giles Colborne