About Quote by Jami Attenberg

Writing never had the immediate gratification I was looking for.

— Paul Shaffer

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

Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.

— Jonathan Carroll

I'm one of those writers who started off writing novels and came to writing short stories later, partly because I didn't have the right…

— Julian Barnes

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

— Maggie Shipstead

A form wherein we can enjoy simultaneously what is best in both the novel and the short story form. My plan was to create…

— Junot Diaz

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

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

There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off.

— Tobias Wolff

Even while I was working on the novel I would also write short stories as relief, just to be in a wieldier world that…

— Leni Zumas

“A successful story always offers its audience more than a simple resolution of events. A story offers a dramatic affirmation of human needs that…

— Bill Johnson

I just feel the need as a writer to try something kind of deep and fulfilling.

— Frank Peretti