Book Quote by Stephen King

“This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit. Fiction writers, present company included, don't understand very much about…

— Stephen King

but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.

— Jane Austen

While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.

— Jeffrey Archer

“The short story is not, as some believe, a lesser form of literature than the novel.”

— Andrew Barger

Most books about writing are filled with bullshit. Fiction writers, present company included, don’t understand very much about what they do—not why it works…

— Stephen King

Books are really, really hard to write. They represent a kind of a summit of grappling with what one really has to say

— Jaron Lanier

I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say.

— Celia Green

Writing a book is not easy.

— Lisa Jewell

“I find writing novels a challenge, writing stories a joy. If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more…

— Haruki Murakami

A good writer is one you can read without breaking a sweat.

— Patricia T. O'Conner

The only book worth writing is the book that threatens to kill you.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Unlike the novel, a short story may be, for all purposes, essential.

— Jorge Luis Borges