Publishers Quote by Piers Anthony

Nearly all novels are too long.

— Rose Macaulay

“Writing a story, regardless of length, always begins with a single word.”

— Don Roff

Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.

— Don Roff

“a novel can best be defined as a long piece of prose with something wrong with it, and”

— Neil Gaiman

For while agents and editors often misunderstand their market and sometimes reject good or even great works, they do prevent a vast quantity of…

— Laura Miller

Writing a story, regardless of length, begins always with a single word.

— Don Roff

We writers don't really think about whether what we write is good or not. It's too much to worry about. We just put the…

— Garrison Keillor

They write them long because they can't write them short.

— Raymond Chandler

“Writers are always scrapping one word for a better one. Regular people just say stuff, they don't replace there words ever. Its the only…

— Morgan Parker

Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say. Of course those who write short books have even less to say.

— Mark Z. Danielewski

Short fiction isn't my natural form. It's taken a lot of work over the years to finally feel more comfortable writing stories under 80,000 words!

— Kameron Hurley

Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two,…

— Lynn Abbey