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You become a different writer when you approach a short story. When things are not always having to represent other things, you find real…

— Zadie Smith

I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am always looking for the dramatic kernel of an event, the junctures…

— Joyce Carol Oates

The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience.

— Sheryl Crow

People quickly look through things and don't sit and experience. That's a problem with artwork, [because] it's more of an experience than something to…

— Ali Banisadr

The hardest part is telling one's story. Once the story is on the page, the rest will come.

— Jacqueline Woodson

“Especially in live presentation settings, repeated iterations of the same visual, with different pieces emphasized to tell different stories or different aspects of the…

— Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic

In the short stories - if I can make a very lumpy contrast - in the short stories I feel like the lives of…

— Charles D'Ambrosio

Once the initial excitement wears off and it's time to sit down to write, the authors are usually still very eager, but the reality…

— Deborah Reber

Once you play with these scenes and you're outlining it, again and again, and telling each other the narrative, and telling it to people…

— Brit Marling

I don't write about the same thing every time, everyday, different things are happening out there and if you take the time to look…

— Desmond Dekker

The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later.

— Drew Goddard

Whenever you're writing something that's reflective, you have to put yourself through some sort of ordeal just to understand the way you're feeling.

— Damon Albarn