Short stories Quote by Matthew Healy Download Open image “I'm used to writing short stories, which is primarily what I like to read.” — Matthew Healy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Short stories Short story Stories Used Writing Writing short Writing short stories
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 Copy Share Image
I'm mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror. — Sarah Zettel Copy Share Image
I think I'm someone who can prattle on a long time about something, which serves me well as a novelist, but it's the enemy… — Maggie Shipstead Copy Share Image
I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists. — William Gibson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I mostly write short stories. They are best written in a continuous creative process. You have a feel of immediacy. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I never wrote… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson. I saw him at Wembley when I was 7 years old, it was my first proper… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
I think about dying but I don't want to die. Not even close. In fact my problem is the complete opposite. I want to… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
I'm writing songs that connect to millions of people. And that happens for a reason. I don't really worry too much about people who… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
I suppose I view my behavior in such a unique way. I frame it as an artist and maybe kind of make excuses for… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
I don't know whether we'll have another Michael Jackson or Elvis, because the world's too quick to level the playing field in that regard.… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
I think what I listen to now is what I listened to as a kid which is kind of black American soul. I love… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
I’ve always tried to find God in lots of different things, whether that’s been drugs, women, etc, etc… But all those things are tangible… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
We now live in a world where accessibility is paramount. So I think we just juxtapose that a little bit and maybe play the… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
I'm not reading any novels right now, though not for lack of trying. Unless they're really good, my attention in most novels tends to… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
“Mr Benz, the parapet of an Italian bridge doesn’t look like the proper place for you,” said Chase.” — Stefania Mattana Copy Share Image
I regret that there aren't more short stories in other magazines. But in a certain way, I think the disappearance of the short-story template… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
Novels are more difficult simply because they are longer and require more juggling, but short stories are closer to perfection, if you can get… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
I get stage fright with short stories. For me it feels like standup comedy: kill or die. I'm more confident when I begin a… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
I'm sure I've been influenced by every fine writer I've ever read, from Dickens and Austen to Auden and Jane Hirshfield. And also, the… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
I think I succeeded as a writer because I did not come out of an English department. I used to write in the chemistry… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
When I was one day old, I learned how to read. When I was two days old, I started to write. By the time… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
When I returned to short stories, I'd started working on what is still central to much of what I try to do: putting myself… — Karin Tidbeck Copy Share Image
