About Quote by Donald Ray Pollock

When I was in grad school, I wrote one early story that was Vegas, and then I stayed away from it. I was trying…

— Charles Bock

Writing short stories was kind of like I was cheating the whole time, in some way. I went back and forth between writing the…

— Dan Chaon

If I'd had more time or been a better writer, I would have tried to put the same ideas and experiences into a novel.…

— Philip Greenspun

I considered that I had to write stories about the people I had met, with whom I'd worked, the history of my books -…

— Anatoly Rybakov

I was never really interested in writing about big love stories or breakups. I was always exploring myself and my feelings and how people…

— Noah Kahan

I was a freelancer all through my twenties. I did about one story a month and I wanted to write fiction, so the stories…

— Candace Bushnell

Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are…

— Meg Cabot

Write the story that only you can write.

— Francisco Arcellana

If the story wasn't overly long, I'd type it out. And I'd carry it around with me for a week and jot notes on…

— Donald Ray Pollock

I had written many things as a journalist, but I had no idea if I could write something scary or romantic or touching that…

— Jeff Giles

What I have to write, the story, it is always going on in my mind. What incidences I can add in the story -…

— Sudha Murty

I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do.

— George Murray