Boundaries Quote by George Saunders

When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you.…

— George Saunders

I am really excited by the form of short fiction.

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I read a lot of short fiction, like Kurt Vonnegut and Raymond Carver and Wells Tower.

— Lorde

We get so many people saying short fiction is not economical, that it doesn't sell; but there are so many of us enjoying writing…

— Junot Diaz

Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything I've learned about poetry - the concision, the…

— Ron Rash

If you read my short stories, there's a lot of sex in those in all different ways. To me, it's a really good, useful…

— Miranda July

“Read a short story every day.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“She begin to read. And read. And in short order, she became dangerous.”

— Jason Porath

Do three things each night before you go to bed: read a poem, read a short story, read an essay.

— Ray Bradbury

The reader really has to step up to the plate and read a short story.

— Tobias Wolff

Science fiction is a weird category, because it's the only area of fiction I can think of where the story is not of primary…

— Donald E. Westlake

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.

— Walter Mosley