Cases Quote by William Gibson

When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books.

— Elizabeth Moon

For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction.

— Jill McCorkle

I really do believe some people are naturally novelists and some people are short story writers. For me, when I was in middle school…

— M. K. Hobson

I started writing because I wanted to write scripts, but I wasn't very good at it. Then I started writing short stories, sort of…

— Jasper Fforde

I'm one of those writers who started off writing novels and came to writing short stories later, partly because I didn't have the right…

— Julian Barnes

I consider myself a writer. I don't favour any type of writing. I sometimes wish short stories came more easily to me.

— James Lasdun

I'm used to writing short stories, which is primarily what I like to read.

— Matthew Healy

I only published my first novel at the age of 40. Till then, I wrote short stories.

— A. B. Yehoshua

I think most short story writers, at one time or another, over the course of several books, naturally skirt near the edge of one…

— David Means

I hadn't meant to do the pattern of publishing short stories and then a novel. I thought, 'I'm a novelist. I know it.' But…

— Andrew Sean Greer

I'm very interested in writing - it just takes so much discipline, whether it's short stories or novels.

— Conor Oberst

Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form

— Irwin Shaw