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I prefer a great novel, but many novels come with a bunch of novel-y writerliness that feels sort of macho to me, so I…

— Miranda July

Novels definitely come more naturally to me. When I write short stories, it's always a fight against it expanding.

— Maggie Shipstead

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

I do find it challenging to leave stuff out. Two of my models for novel-writing are 'The Great Gatsby' and 'As I Lay Dying,'…

— Amy Bloom

I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by…

— Roddy Doyle

Novels are so much unrulier and more stressful to write. A short story can last two pages and then it's over, and that's kind…

— Aimee Bender

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 write short stories. They may appear big in size, but when you consider it, they're four or five novels in one... In return…

— James Clavell

As to my writing short pieces, there are two reasons I can give you. The first is my invincible laziness. The second is that…

— Jorge Luis Borges

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've always been a little bit more of a novel reader than a short story reader. I think the first books that made me…

— Nell Freudenberger

I'm always writing across the same themes. But with short stories, I'm doing something different than with novels. In some ways, they're coming from…

— Lynn Coady