Book Quote by Gary Lutz

A short story collection can be as exciting as a novel. It is a real complete experience, like when you listen to a real…

— David Means

“This intriguing debut collection of short stories displays craft, discipline and narrative strength.”

— Namita Gokhale

“On my book, Fly on the Wall and Other Stories, This intriguing debut collection of short stories displays craft, discipline and narrative strength.”

— Namita Gokhale

I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until…

— Anne McCaffrey

I love short stories - reading and writing them. The best short stories distill all the potency of a novel into a small but…

— Ian Rankin

Unlike the novel, a short story may be, for all purposes, essential.

— Jorge Luis Borges

I decided to make myself a little less precious with my storytelling. I think you can see from the first three pieces in the…

— Lucy Corin

I'm really into short-story collections and essays; they're my jam.

— Phoebe Robinson

Short stories can make for really good adaptations.

— Lynne Ramsay

The Little Friend is a long book. It's also completely different from my first novel: different landscape, different characters, different use of language and…

— Donna Tartt

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.

— Leo Tolstoy

While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.

— Jeffrey Archer