Books Quote by Haruki Murakami

If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden.

— Haruki Murakami

Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two,…

— Lynn Abbey

I'm always writing across the same themes. But with short stories, I'm doing something different than with novels. In some ways, they're coming from…

— Lynn Coady

Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and hours, weeks…

— Eric Brown

I consider myself a writer. I don't favour any type of writing. I sometimes wish short stories came more easily to me.

— James Lasdun

“The benefit of writing short stories is that they allow you to get rejected sooner. If you write a novel, it could take years…

— Joseph Harold Bunting

Novels definitely come more naturally to me. When I write short stories, it's always a fight against it expanding.

— Maggie Shipstead

For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.

— Lynn Abbey

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

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

“I tell writers not to think about writing short stories or novels. Just write one good scene. And then a novel becomes a bunch…

— Joe Hill

I hadn't meant to do the pattern of publishing short stories and then a novel. I thought, 'I'm a novelist. I know it.' But…

— Andrew Sean Greer