Comparison Quote by Nathan Englander

Translation is harder, believe it or not. You do have to come up with a story, and actually I'm mystified by that process. I…

— Elliott Colla

The story is always better than your ability to write it.

— Robin McKinley

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

Writing is a weird thing because we can read, we know how to write a sentence. It's not like a trumpet where you have…

— Gail Carson Levine

To me, writing is fun. It doesn't matter what you're writing, as long as you can tell a story.

— Stan Lee

Not all stories translate well when read out loud.

— Anonymous

... there is ... a big aspect of play in writing novels, and making the story more and more elaborate is just more and more fun.

— Gish Jen

In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.

— Doris Lessing

A story is a story is a story. The only difference is in the techniques you bring to bear. There are always limitations on…

— J. Michael Straczynski

Sometimes the easiest-seeming stories to a reader are the hardest kind to write.

— John Cheever

Writing is a skill, not a talent, and this difference is important because a skill can be improved by practice.

— Robert Stacy McCain

Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for.

— D. J. MacHale