Amazing Quote by Chloe Benjamin

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

I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there's…

— Ann Beattie

I love contemporary North American fiction and short fiction. My favorite writer is Jonathan Franzen, and my favorite writers of short fiction are George…

— Emily Perkins

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

— Hillary Clinton

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

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

— Nell Freudenberger

I couldn't choose a favourite author, but two contemporary writers who have never disappointed me are Tim Winton and Alice Munro.

— Mariella Frostrup

My favorite, and the author I wish I was reading right now and always is Nora Ephron. I love the humor, the awareness, the…

— Garance Dore

Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer, nor do…

— Dani Shapiro

My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever

— Irwin Shaw

“I love telling stories for a living. The process of writing has its frustrations, but also its joys (there’s no high like typing “The…

— Marcus Sakey

I have so many favorite writers, it's very hard to select a few... of classic writers, I have always admired Emily Dickinson and Henry…

— Joyce Carol Oates