Crafts Quote by Sherwood Anderson

I love short stories, but I've never had the impulse to write one. Same for ghost stories.

— John Lanchester

I've always written short stories.

— Michael McDonald

Writing short stories was kind of like I was cheating the whole time, in some way. I went back and forth between writing the…

— Dan Chaon

I have written stories since I was a child.

— Rachel Joyce

Every story I've written was written because I had to write it. Writing stories is like breathing for me; it is my life.

— Ray Bradbury

I've been writing fiction since I was a kid. From the age of 15 to 25, I probably wrote more than 50 short stories,…

— Amor Towles

I didn't become a good writer until I learned how to rewrite. And I don't just mean fixing spelling and adding a comma. I…

— Louis Sachar

My story is very long. And for somebody to write a good story, one needs a good writer, too.

— Dutee Chand

Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I…

— Anthony Doerr

Usually, I have a lot of acquaintance with the story before I start writing it. When I didn't have regular time to give to…

— Alice Munro

I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I wrote when…

— Linda Sue Park

I have written about 240 books and some short stories, too. It's taken me many years.

— Eve Bunting