Books Quote by Kate Atkinson

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 started writing because I wanted to write scripts, but I wasn't very good at it. Then I started writing short stories, sort of…

— Jasper Fforde

I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who try to…

— George R. R. Martin

I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and ran my…

— James Rollins

There's no really other way to learn writing than by writing. So accelerate that as much as you can. The more you write, the…

— Stephen Graham Jones

I'm very interested in writing - it just takes so much discipline, whether it's short stories or novels.

— Conor Oberst

Learn a lot about the world and finish things, even if it is just a short story. Finish it before you start something else.…

— Tad Williams

I do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea of writing…

— PJ Harvey

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

— Elizabeth Moon

I think most fiction writers naturally start by writing short stories, but some of us don't. When I first started writing, I just started…

— Andrea Barrett

Writing a novel that works is an extremely difficult thing to do. It requires a level of skill and dedication that always surprises me.

— Bret Easton Ellis

I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists.

— William Gibson