Best short Quote by Eudora Welty

I would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them.

— Dan Chaon

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

A mystery is solved with a story.

— Anonymous

A novel requires a certain kind of world building and also a certain kind of closure, ultimately. Whereas with a short story you have…

— Dan Chaon

“This is why mysteries are the best kind of stories: because you only get the truth at the very end, when you're absolutely desperate,…

— Sophie Hannah

Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a surprise.

— Nicholas Sparks

It is my belief that we as human beings have a need to tell stories - I think it's evolutionary. So you can think…

— Aleksandar Hemon

I'm constantly trying to figure out how to crack that mystery; how to make a novel that has a sense of immediacy of a…

— Peter Orner

To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always…

— D. J. MacHale

For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the last few…

— Amy Bloom

I think all good short stories are about what it means to tell a good story.

— David Means

The perfect story is one you can retell in three minutes, and every single sentence is interesting.

— Malik Bendjelloul