Actually Quote by Stephen Cole

I tend not to write books that are really, really long, and I'm also a pretty fast writer.

— Elizabeth Berg

Actually, I enjoy the process of writing a big long novel.

— Donna Tartt

When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I never wrote…

— Ruskin Bond

I tend to write longer narrative pieces after I've finished writing a novel - when the fiction's finished and put away, and I have…

— Dinaw Mengestu

I prefer a great novel, but many novels come with a bunch of novel-y writerliness that feels sort of macho to me, so I…

— Miranda July

I think shorter books are going to become more and more of the trend. So I don't think you have to write big, big,…

— Larry Winget

Novels definitely come more naturally to me. When I write short stories, it's always a fight against it expanding.

— Maggie Shipstead

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

— Katherine Paterson

But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn…

— Jonathan Coe

Novels are so much unrulier and more stressful to write. A short story can last two pages and then it's over, and that's kind…

— Aimee Bender

I love to read long books. I enjoy experiencing that extension. But it's not something I feel comfortable with and not something I think…

— Shane McCrae

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

— Eve Bunting