Affair Quote by Lorrie Moore

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

— Jonathan Carroll

A novel is like a long relationship and a short story is a brief one that lingers - it lingers powerfully and maybe more…

— Peter Orner

Writing a poem is like having an affair, a one-night stand; a short story is a romance, a relationship; a novel is a marriage-one…

— Amos Oz

A short story is a writer's way of thinking through experience... Journalism aims at accuracy, but fiction's aim is truth. The writer distorts reality…

— John L'Heureux

A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there and then they are…

— Jonathan Carroll

Short stories can be rather stark and bare unless you put in the right details. Details make stories human, and the more human a…

— V. S. Pritchett

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

For a short-story writer, a story is the combination of what the writer supposed the story would likely be about - plus what actually…

— Carol Bly

A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger.

— Stephen King

“A love story is not the same as a romance novel. A romance novel is the story of two people falling in love against…

— Tiffany Reisz

I don't know what the definition of a short story is, and I don't even care to answer that question. That's something somebody in…

— Sandra Cisneros

'The Story Of A Marriage' was initially a short story I wrote, and before that, it was a family story. It was a story…

— Andrew Sean Greer