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

— Lorde

I am really excited by the form of short fiction.

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

The Declaration of Independence, the words that launched our nation -- 1,300 words. The Bible, the word of God -- 773,000 words. The Tax…

— Steve Forbes

I've never written a novel before, and part of the reason I haven't is I was worried about getting 50,000 words into a book…

— Ryan North

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

I love the idea that more people would read short fiction. I think it's such a humanizing form. It softens the boundaries between people.

— George Saunders

I began as a poet, moved to short fiction, then to novel writing, and, for the past twelve years, back to stories. I sometimes…

— Jack Driscoll

For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction.

— Jill McCorkle

I stopped writing short fiction early on - I was never really good at it, and I never liked the results. So I stopped…

— Susan Choi

Topiary has always seemed like a good occupation, comparable in some ways to writing short fiction.

— Kelly Link

When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books.

— Elizabeth Moon

“Most short fiction falls into one of three categories: stories of conflict, stories of decision, or stories of discovery…The story of conflict is the…

— Nancy Sakaduski