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Short Stories Quotes

If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real connection between them Picture Quote #1

A novel is what you call something that won’t sell if you call it poems or short stories Picture Quote #1

I would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them Picture Quote #1

Fiction is about feeling, which is to say that short stories are about all of us Picture Quote #1

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers or brain cleansers Picture Quote #1

I’m going to marry my novels and have little short stories for children Picture Quote #1

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Write a short story every week. It’s not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row Picture Quote #1

Don’t try to write a novel. Write short stories and then figure out how to connect them Picture Quote #1

Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams Picture Quote #1

Fiction came quite a while later. I began with short stories and fiction for children Picture Quote #1

I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2 Picture Quote #1

I'm a poet. And then I put the poetry in the drama. I put it in short stories, and I put it in the plays. Poetry's poetry. It doesn't have to be called a poem, you know Picture Quote #1

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The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication Picture Quote #1

When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans Picture Quote #1

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that Picture Quote #1

If a writer writes poems and short stories and novels, but nobody ever reads them, is she really a writer? Picture Quote #1

Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they’re short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there Picture Quote #1

I’ve read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium Picture Quote #1

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I chose philosophy because it sounded like something I ought to be interested in. I didn’t know anything about it, I didn’t even know what it was talking about. What I really spent my time doing in those years was writing short stories. There were all sorts of interesting courses, but what I really wanted to do was make stories one way or another Picture Quote #1

I’ve made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation Picture Quote #1

I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn’t a part of a novel that will stand by itself and should be concentrated Picture Quote #1

There’s a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off Picture Quote #1

You have to be kind of clued into them, they are a world of their own, and most people find them disappointing because the best short stories are not constructed like novels Picture Quote #1

People who rarely read long books, or even short stories, still appreciate the greatest examples of the shortest literary genres. I have long been fascinated by these short genres. They seem to lie just where my heart is, somewhere between literature and philosophy Picture Quote #1

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I want to do some fiction writing, I’ve had some pretty good luck with short stories, I’d like to do a couple of larger things Picture Quote #1

These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long after the words have been translated into ideas and dreams. That’s because a good short story crosses the borders of our nations and our prejudices and our beliefs. A good short story asks a question that can’t be answered in simple terms. And even if we come up with some understanding, years later, while glancing out of a window, the story still has the potential to return, to alter right there in our mind and change everything Picture Quote #1

Short stories consume you faster. They’re connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough they are as a form, but they’re also a total joy Picture Quote #1

Short stories do not say this happened and this happened and this happened. They are a microcosm and a magnification rather than a linear progression Picture Quote #1

There is something I keep wanting to say about reading short stories. I am doing it now, because I many never have another occasion. Stories are not chapters of novels. They should not be read one after another, as if they were meant to follow along. Read one. Shut the book. Read something else. Come back later. Stories can wait Picture Quote #1

I write all the time. I do artwork that’s part of a diary, and I write short stories to go with them pretty much every day Picture Quote #1

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If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real connection between them (Short Stories Quotes) A novel is what you call something that won’t sell if you call it poems or short stories (Short Stories Quotes) I would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them (Short Stories Quotes) Fiction is about feeling, which is to say that short stories are about all of us (Short Stories Quotes) I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers or brain cleansers (Short Stories Quotes) I’m going to marry my novels and have little short stories for children (Short Stories Quotes) Write a short story every week. It’s not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row (Short Stories Quotes) Don’t try to write a novel. Write short stories and then figure out how to connect them (Short Stories Quotes) Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams (Short Stories Quotes) Fiction came quite a while later. I began with short stories and fiction for children (Short Stories Quotes) I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2 (Short Stories Quotes) I'm a poet. And then I put the poetry in the drama. I put it in short stories, and I put it in the plays. Poetry's poetry. It doesn't have to be called a poem, you know (Short Stories Quotes) The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication (Short Stories Quotes) When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans (Short Stories Quotes) I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that (Short Stories Quotes) If a writer writes poems and short stories and novels, but nobody ever reads them, is she really a writer? (Short Stories Quotes) Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they’re short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there (Short Stories Quotes) I’ve read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium (Short Stories Quotes) I chose philosophy because it sounded like something I ought to be interested in. I didn’t know anything about it, I didn’t even know what it was talking about. What I really spent my time doing in those years was writing short stories. There were all sorts of interesting courses, but what I really wanted to do was make stories one way or another (Short Stories Quotes) I’ve made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation (Short Stories Quotes) I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn’t a part of a novel that will stand by itself and should be concentrated (Short Stories Quotes) There’s a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off (Short Stories Quotes) You have to be kind of clued into them, they are a world of their own, and most people find them disappointing because the best short stories are not constructed like novels (Short Stories Quotes) People who rarely read long books, or even short stories, still appreciate the greatest examples of the shortest literary genres. I have long been fascinated by these short genres. They seem to lie just where my heart is, somewhere between literature and philosophy (Short Stories Quotes) I want to do some fiction writing, I’ve had some pretty good luck with short stories, I’d like to do a couple of larger things (Short Stories Quotes) These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long after the words have been translated into ideas and dreams. That’s because a good short story crosses the borders of our nations and our prejudices and our beliefs. A good short story asks a question that can’t be answered in simple terms. And even if we come up with some understanding, years later, while glancing out of a window, the story still has the potential to return, to alter right there in our mind and change everything (Short Stories Quotes) Short stories consume you faster. They’re connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough they are as a form, but they’re also a total joy (Short Stories Quotes) Short stories do not say this happened and this happened and this happened. They are a microcosm and a magnification rather than a linear progression (Short Stories Quotes) There is something I keep wanting to say about reading short stories. I am doing it now, because I many never have another occasion. Stories are not chapters of novels. They should not be read one after another, as if they were meant to follow along. Read one. Shut the book. Read something else. Come back later. Stories can wait (Short Stories Quotes) I write all the time. I do artwork that’s part of a diary, and I write short stories to go with them pretty much every day (Short Stories Quotes)

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