Books Quote by David Mikics

“The shortest distance between two people is a story.”

— Patti Digh

“Short stories are often treated as the poor cousins of novels.”

— Christopher Bram

“...an irresistible of why we read and why we love. We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end,…

— Gabrielle Zevin

“I've always longed to turn the last page of a romantic novel but it seems my life is destined to remain a book of…

— Michael Faudet

“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side…

— Neil Gaiman

“To friends and books, and friends in books, may our stories be long and our friendships longer.”

— Molly MacRae

“Writing a novel is like going a great distance to take a small shit.”

— Harlan Ellison

“A novel is just a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.”

— George Saunders

“There's something appealing about a quiet story that has depth, that has the ability to reach out and connect people for a long time…

— Darien Gee

“Ideas never stop, dear S, they're everywhere, in everything - all we have to do is be open to them. And stories tend to…

— Ali Smith

“It is a still stranger thing that there is nothing so delightful in the world as telling stories. It is far pleasanter than writing…

— Virginia Woolf

“Some stories simply touch us more deeply as they reach right into our hearts, settle there, and never leave.”

— Kate Fagan