About Quote by Carol Windley

Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories.

— Nell Freudenberger

I've always loved short stories. Even before I was a writer I was reading short stories - there were certain writers where I just…

— Molly Antopol

My favorite writer is Alice Munro. It's simply amazing how well she captures entire lifetimes in a single short story.

— Chloe Benjamin

I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different, and I…

— Nell Freudenberger

I was given the ability to create stories and characters. That's my part of the long chain of writers, publishers, agents, booksellers, librarians, and…

— Karl Marlantes

I didn't really start to write until I was almost 30, and I started with the short stories.

— Kate DiCamillo

My favorite short stories are by Alice Munro, especially her collections 'Carried Away' and 'Runaway.'

— Hillary Clinton

I started writing stories in my spare time.

— Ken Follett

I don't think she is underappreciated, certainly not among writers, but Alice Munro is the classic underappreciated writer among readers. It is almost a…

— Khaled Hosseini

After I published my first book, my sister, known as Kali Willows, began writing. She fell as in love with it as I did.…

— Franny Armstrong

The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson…

— Lydia Davis

I've always written short stories.

— Michael McDonald