Any Quote by Paul Johnson

“Write what you yourself would like to read, a story that will entertain and challenge you. If you try and follow the trends or…

— J.D. Trafford

I always sent my mother all these huge books I made. When my mother died, I was cleaning her cupboard, and these big books…

— Marina Abramovic

I always sent my mother all these huge books I made. When my mother died, I was cleaning her cupboard, and these big books…

— Marina Abramovic

One of the marvelous things about Churchill is that whatever he was doing, whether fighting or arguing or despairing or bouncing about full of…

— Paul Johnson

I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker.

— Caroline B. Cooney

“Please forgive the long letter; I didn’t have time to write a short one.”

— Blaise Pascal

Yeah, I used to write short stories at first, but once you work on something, you want to show people. My peers weren't interested…

— Giveon

I write short phrases and used to think they were poems!

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

When I was bringing up a child, I taught myself to write in very short, concentrated bursts. If I had a weekend, or a…

— Doris Lessing

I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because…

— Daniel Radcliffe

I write short stories. I write every day.

— Isaiah Mustafa

I mostly write short stories. They are best written in a continuous creative process. You have a feel of immediacy.

— Ruskin Bond

I began to write short pieces when I was living in a room too small to write a novel in.

— Angela Cartwright

Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.

— Ray Bradbury

At the end of the day you do have to write a short novel beforehand, called a script, before you can make a movie.

— Louis Garrel