Enemy Quote by Maggie Shipstead

I consider myself a writer. I don't favour any type of writing. I sometimes wish short stories came more easily to me.

— James Lasdun

I'm used to writing short stories, which is primarily what I like to read.

— Matthew Healy

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

— Jill McCorkle

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

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

— William Gibson

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 are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer, nor do…

— Dani Shapiro

I write short stories. I write every day.

— Isaiah Mustafa

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you…

— Samantha Morton

I tend not to write books that are really, really long, and I'm also a pretty fast writer.

— Elizabeth Berg

I am, in some sense, a writer. Even though I kinda downplay the word thing, I do enjoy writing sometimes.

— Andrew Bird

The great thing about being a writer is that you have a long, perhaps frighteningly long time in which to do your work.

— Julia Leigh