Attitude Quote by T.C. Boyle

All writers have strengths and weaknesses. I am terrified of being boring, so I write short, compressed stories that sometimes don't give a reader…

— Susan Cheever

There is something I keep wanting to say about reading short stories. I am doing it now, because I many never have another occasion.…

— Mavis Gallant

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

I'm not reading any novels right now, though not for lack of trying. Unless they're really good, my attention in most novels tends to…

— Matthew Healy

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

Not getting bored of my own story and/or character is one of the main struggles I have had with novel writing, and I have…

— Aimee Bender

I read continually and don't understand writers who say they don't read while working on a book. For a start, a book takes me…

— Paul Lynch

I've always been a little bit more of a novel reader than a short story reader. I think the first books that made me…

— Nell Freudenberger

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

Though my short stories are the more readable, my novels do have more to say; and they will, if anyone has the patience for…

— R. A. Lafferty

As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that comes in handy with…

— John Scalzi

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

— Benjamin Disraeli