Much contemporary verse reads like failed short-short stories rather than failed poetry. Votes: 0
Alice FultonI find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers or brain cleansers. Votes: 0
Jami AttenbergI've written over 100 short stories. You could say I'm obsessed with short stories. Votes: 0
Nicholas RoyleThe great pleasure for me in writing short stories is the fierce, elegant challenge. Votes: 0
Amy BloomI actually think that short stories transfer to film much better than novels do. Votes: 0
Robin HobbShort stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams Votes: 0
Neil GaimanI have written about 240 books and some short stories, too. It's taken me many years. Votes: 0
Eve BuntingFiction came quite a while later. I began with short stories and fiction for children. Votes: 0
Helen DunmoreShort stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus. Votes: 0
Joan DidionFiction is about feeling, which is to say that short stories are about all of us. Votes: 0
Tom BaileyOnce I started writing novels, I understood how hard it was to write really good short stories. Votes: 0
Elizabeth McCrackenI'm much more drawn to fiction, to short stories, and to plays, than I am to diarists. Votes: 0
Regina SpektorTo be interested in short stories, you have to be interested in fiction as an art form. Votes: 0
Deborah EisenbergWrite a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row. Votes: 0
Ray BradburyDon't try to write a novel. Write short stories and then figure out how to connect them. Votes: 0
Ray BradburyA novel is what you call something that won't sell if you call it poems or short stories. Votes: 0
Walker PercyWe are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works Votes: 0
Gabrielle ZevinIf you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real connection between them. Votes: 0
Kazuo IshiguroI wrote short stories when I was a teenager, but they weren't any good and I kinda knew it. Votes: 0
John DarnielleRead a short story every day. By the end of the week you would have read volumes of stories. Votes: 0
Lailah Gifty AkitaI have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story. Votes: 0
George R. R. Martin