Short Fiction Quotes

14 quotes by 13 authors

• No one writes a story like Lydia Davis. In the years since she began publishing her lyrical, extremely short fiction, she has quietly become one… — Jonathan Messinger
• I don't separate writing songs from poetry and short fiction. In the area where I work in my house, there's a word processor and a… — Steve Earle
• When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books. — Elizabeth Moon
• Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything I've learned about poetry - the concision, the ability… — Ron Rash
• I was really into writing short fiction and also photography when I was a kid. — Sean Durkin
• I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists. — William Gibson
• For me it's a remarkable thing that there is a prize celebrating and honouring and making for a brief moment short fiction the centre of… — Junot Diaz
• We get so many people saying short fiction is not economical, that it doesn't sell; but there are so many of us enjoying writing it… — Junot Diaz
• Short fiction seems more targeted - hand grenades of ideas, if you will. When they work, they hit, they explode, and you never forget them.… — Paolo Bacigalupi
• I love contemporary North American fiction and short fiction. My favorite writer is Jonathan Franzen, and my favorite writers of short fiction are George Saunders… — Emily Perkins
• I read a lot of short fiction, like Kurt Vonnegut and Raymond Carver and Wells Tower. — Lorde
• When I write short fiction or novellas, I like to leave a hint of the fantastic, of the unreal. If you write a completely fantastic… — Antonio Munoz Molina
• I stopped writing short fiction early on - I was never really good at it, and I never liked the results. So I stopped trying… — Susan Choi
• For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction. — Jill McCorkle

Who Wrote These Short Fiction Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 14 Short Fiction Quotes as follows:

• 2 Short Fiction Quotes by Junot Diaz
• 1 Short Fiction Quote by Jonathan Messinger
• 1 Short Fiction Quote by Steve Earle
• 1 Short Fiction Quote by Elizabeth Moon
• 1 Short Fiction Quote by Ron Rash
• 1 Short Fiction Quote by Sean Durkin
• 1 Short Fiction Quote by William Gibson
• 1 Short Fiction Quote by Paolo Bacigalupi
• 1 Short Fiction Quote by Emily Perkins
• 1 Short Fiction Quote by Lorde
• 1 Short Fiction Quote by Antonio Munoz Molina
• 1 Short Fiction Quote by Susan Choi
• 1 Short Fiction Quote by Jill McCorkle