Air Quote by George Saunders

I've always written short stories.

— Michael McDonald

Two things make a story. The net and the air that falls through the net.

— Pablo Neruda

Writing a story is kind of like surfing, as opposed to the novel, where you use a GPS to get somewhere. With surfing, you…

— Etgar Keret

Stories are like a river that flows - you dip a bucket in it

— Gary Paulsen

I started a short story but it was so dreary that even my pen threw up.

— Jonathan Carroll

I want to write a story for people where they finish it, and it sticks with them.

— Sylvia Day

There are two moments worthwhile in writing, the one when you start and the other when you throw it in the waste-paper basket.

— Samuel Beckett

I wanted to write a balls-to-the-wall supernatural horror story, something I haven't done in a long time.

— Stephen King

My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When…

— Ray Bradbury

If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play, a screenplay…

— Hilary Mantel

Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.

— Kapil Dev

There's kind of a Zen aspect to bowling. The pins are either staying up or down before you even throw your arm back. It's…

— Jeff Bridges