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Ideas come at any moment -- except when you demand them. Most ideas come while I'm physically active, at the gym, with friends, gardening, so… — Chuck Palahniuk
If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. The two processes complement each other, creating… — Haruki Murakami
Sail the main course in a simple sturdy craft. Keep her well stocked with short stories and long laughs. Go fast enough to get there… — Jimmy Buffett
...Mr. Wodehouse is a prose stylist of such startling talent that Frankie nearly skipped around with glee when she first read some of his phrases.… — E. Lockhart
My short stories are like soft shadows I have set out in the world, faint footprints I have left. I remember exactly where I set… — Haruki Murakami
A short story I have written long ago would barge into my house in the middle of the night, shake me awake and shout, 'Hey,this… — Haruki Murakami
McGough: I'm sorry. I'm afraid I've caught poetry. Mr Bones: Oh really? Well, don't worry, sir - I used to suffer from short stories. McGough:… — Graham Chapman
I think I succeeded as a writer because I did not come out of an English department. I used to write in the chemistry department.… — Kurt Vonnegut
Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row. — Ray Bradbury
Don’t try to write a novel. Write short stories and then figure out how to connect them. — Ray Bradbury
Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most… — Anne Rice
One night a friend lent me a book of short stories by Franz Kafka. I went back to the pension where I was staying and… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Yes?’ he asked, looking at me over the sheet. ‘I’m a writer temporarily down on my inspirations.’ ‘Oh, a writer, eh?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Are you sure?’… — Charles Bukowski
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure.… — Ray Bradbury
Yes, we could talk to you for days on end about all the bad first dates. Those are stories. Funny stories. Awkward stories. Stories we… — David Levithan
You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories. The money's in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean and pointed. — Larry Niven
I have been tossing around the idea of writing some non-fiction. Maybe a collection of short stories about my experience being a mom and how… — Melissa Peterman
I have always felt a special affinity with V. S. Pritchett. He worked from the ear, primarily, as I do, and he was an all-rounder,… — Kevin Barry
My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was really my tutor. — Gene Wilder
How much energy is wasted in Italy in trying to write the novel that obeys all the rules. The energy might have been useful to… — Italo Calvino
Every decade, we get a stunning collection of dynamic, heartbreaking short stories. In the past, those collections came from Barry Hannah, Mark Richard, and Thom… — Chuck Palahniuk
Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on their own, like pieces of… — F. Sionil Jose
I write as a matter of need - seven books and God knows how many short stories before anyone published me. — Jonathan Evison
Originally I wanted somewhere to set my short stories about the sort of people I recognise having grown up with. Carnbeg was staring me in… — Ronald Frame
I was 35 when I started taking classes at Ohio University. After I got my degree, I kept working at the mill. When I was… — Donald Ray Pollock

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