Architecture Quote by Jess Walter

I wasn't writing stories with the intention of creating a particular collection. I simply wrote stories, and then discovered common themes among a good…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

Any time I put together a story collection, I don't know what it's going to look like overall - or even what the title…

— Brian Evenson

My main intention was to not only create collections that defined myself and style, but to also create things that my fans identify with…

— Ashley Purdy

When I do my collection, it is in a way my own story.

— Jean Paul Gaultier

When you design a collection, you have to start with what you love and what you believe in. Unless you do that, you can't…

— Sarah Burton

A collection is not just one basic idea. It comes from something that is in the air, something you suddenly like and put down…

— Karl Lagerfeld

The only reason we find structure in stories is because it's there naturally in human interaction, and in the way that people tell stories.

— Lynda Barry

What I like about organizing things that way is that each story gets nearly full reign over its own space, but all of them…

— Roy Kesey

Collections aren't really planned. I just keep writing short pieces until I have enough for a collection.

— Lydia Davis

To create a collection, you need a narrative - an explanation to tell the team.

— Dries van Noten

You know how some people say that they can only read one story a day from this or that collection? If that's simply the…

— Roy Kesey

I didn't really have a major role in how it was described. I wanted it to be a collection of essays where each storyline…

— Chelsea Martin