Best short Quote by Ian Rankin

Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I…

— Anthony Doerr

I've always loved short stories. Even before I was a writer I was reading short stories - there were certain writers where I just…

— Molly Antopol

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

I loved short stories, and they were all I wanted to write. I love the compression of them and the exactitude needed to get…

— Debra Dean

Short stories are designed to deliver their impact in as few pages as possible. A tremendous amount is left out, and a good short…

— Orson Scott Card

When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I never wrote…

— Ruskin Bond

I like short stories.

— John Updike

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

There is something I keep wanting to say about reading short stories. I am doing it now, because I many never have another occasion.…

— Mavis Gallant

Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer, nor do…

— Dani Shapiro

Novels are so much unrulier and more stressful to write. A short story can last two pages and then it's over, and that's kind…

— Aimee Bender

I am also working on a couple of short stories for anthologies. This is new to me and Im enjoying it.

— Judith Guest