Good Short Quotes
- A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. — Lynn Abbey
- Yes sir. You can be more careless, you can put more trash in [a novel] and be excused for it. In a short story that's… — William Faulkner
- Short stories are designed to deliver their impact in as few pages as possible. A tremendous amount is left out, and a good short story… — Orson Scott Card
- I used to think that good short-sellers could be trained like long-focused value investors because it should be the same skill set; you’re tearing into… — James Chanos
- I've learned there's a big difference between a long-focused value investor and a good short-seller. That difference is psychological and I think it falls into… — James Chanos
- A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit. — David Sedaris
- These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long after the words… — Walter Mosley
- While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story. — Jeffrey Archer
- There is more to the game than hitting it far. There are ways to make birdies other than hitting 350-yard drives. I pride myself on… — Luke Donald
- I'm much better off the tee. I'm not a great putter. I do not have a good short game. — Molly Sims