Books Quote by George Murray

But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn…

— Jonathan Coe

I have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story.

— George R. R. Martin

Why do I like to write short stories? Well, I certainly didn't intend to. I was going to write a novel. And still! I…

— Alice Munro

I'm used to writing short stories, which is primarily what I like to read.

— Matthew Healy

What I often do when I'm writing, if I can't find that story, I go out and I hunt for it.

— Lynn Nottage

Not getting bored of my own story and/or character is one of the main struggles I have had with novel writing, and I have…

— Aimee Bender

I wasted a lot of years working on my writing and very grandly saying, 'And now... My Novel!,' which would soon be reduced to…

— George Saunders

If I'm really rolling with a short story, I work on it everywhere and end up with a finished draft in a couple months,…

— Laura van den Berg

Once I had started, I discovered the secret pleasure of writing a novel. It's such an immersive, deep commitment. With short stories, you're continually…

— Debra Dean

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them.

— Isabel Allende

I'm mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror.

— Sarah Zettel

For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction.

— Jill McCorkle