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Short Story Quotes

Every day, a piece of music, a short story, or a poem dies because its existence is no longer justified in our time. And things that were once considered immortal have become mortal again, no one knows them anymore. Even though they deserve to survive Picture Quote #1

If you do not have an alert and curious interest in character and dramatic situation, if you have no visual imagination and are unable to distinguish between honest emotional reactions and sentimental approaches to life, you will never write a competent short story Picture Quote #1

The writing process for a short story feels more like field geology, where you keep turning the thing over and over, noting its qualities in detail, hammering at it, putting it near flame, pouring different acids on it, and then finally you figure out what it is, or you just give up and mount it on a ring and have an awkward chunky piece of jewelry that seems weirdly dominating but that you for some reason like. I could be wrong about field geology here 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

The great thing about a short story is that it doesn’t have to trawl through someone’s whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side Picture Quote #1

Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage Picture Quote #1

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The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today’s literary world; there’s precious little economic incentive to write one Picture Quote #1

The short story form allows evocation, suggestion, implication. Its potency often lies in what it does not say Picture Quote #1

I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a computer in my office and torture the keys. My one saving grace as a writer is that, if I’m having trouble with the novel I’m writing, I write something else, a poem or a short story. I try to avoid writer’s block by always writing something Picture Quote #1

For the source of the short story is usually lyrical. And all writers speak from, and speak to, emotions eternally the same in all of us: love, pity, terror do not show favorites or leave any of us out Picture Quote #1

Once in 1919, when I was traveling at night by train, I wrote a short story. In the town where the train stopped, I took the story to the publisher of the newspaper who published the story Picture Quote #1

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 want to be a writer were novels Picture Quote #1

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I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and I won first prize. The first story was published in a newspaper. The second went out on radio Picture Quote #1

You can write when you’re dyslexic, you just can’t read it. But I started writing short stories as a child and I found the short story format a real nice one. I love short stories and I love short documentaries or short films of any kind Picture Quote #1

It’s difficult to write a really good short story because it must be a complete and finished reflection of life with only a few words to use as tools. There isn’t time for bad writing in a short story Picture Quote #1

The short story... is the most democratic of all the arts; anyone may tell a story, and if it is an absorbing one someone will listen Picture Quote #1

I love the short story for being round, suggestive, insinuating, microcosmic. The story has both the inconvenience and the fascination of new beginnings Picture Quote #1

For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the last few paragraphs, the experience of surprise Picture Quote #1

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Writing the short story is essentially an act of grace. It’s not a matter of will so much as trust. I try to let the story do some of the work for me. It knows what it wants to do, say, be. I try not to stand in its way Picture Quote #1

You know, I once read a short story about how much you could tell about people from their shoes. You could tell where they had been, what they did, whether they were real walkers Picture Quote #1

Like some kind of particularly tenacious vampire the short story refuses to die, and seems at this point in time to be a wonderful length for our generation Picture Quote #1

When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you. What I want is to have the reader come out just 6 percent more awake to the world Picture Quote #1

You become a different writer when you approach a short story. When things are not always having to represent other things, you find real human beings begin to cautiously appear on your pages Picture Quote #1

The cool thing about reading is that when you read a short story or you read something that takes your mind and expands where your thoughts can go, that’s powerful Picture Quote #1

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A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film Picture Quote #1

Short stories are designed to deliver their impact in as few pages as possible. A tremendous amount is left out, and a good short story writer learns to include only the most essential information Picture Quote #1

When seriously explored, the short story seems to me the most difficult and disciplining form of prose writing extant. Whatever control and technique I may have I owe entirely to my training in this medium Picture Quote #1

I’m a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can’t and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing Picture Quote #1

I was free. Every day, when you’re on the run, is the whole of your life. Every free minute is a short story with a happy ending Picture Quote #1

Don’t let people interfere with you. Boot ‘em out, turn off the phone, hide away, get it done. If you carry a short story over to the next day you may overnight intellectualize something about it and try to make it too fancy, try to please someone Picture Quote #1

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Every day, a piece of music, a short story, or a poem dies because its existence is no longer justified in our time. And things that were once considered immortal have become mortal again, no one knows them anymore. Even though they deserve to survive (Short Story Quotes) If you do not have an alert and curious interest in character and dramatic situation, if you have no visual imagination and are unable to distinguish between honest emotional reactions and sentimental approaches to life, you will never write a competent short story (Short Story Quotes) The writing process for a short story feels more like field geology, where you keep turning the thing over and over, noting its qualities in detail, hammering at it, putting it near flame, pouring different acids on it, and then finally you figure out what it is, or you just give up and mount it on a ring and have an awkward chunky piece of jewelry that seems weirdly dominating but that you for some reason like. I could be wrong about field geology here (Short Story 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 Story Quotes) The great thing about a short story is that it doesn’t have to trawl through someone’s whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side (Short Story Quotes) Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage (Short Story Quotes) The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today’s literary world; there’s precious little economic incentive to write one (Short Story Quotes) The short story form allows evocation, suggestion, implication. Its potency often lies in what it does not say (Short Story Quotes) I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a computer in my office and torture the keys. My one saving grace as a writer is that, if I’m having trouble with the novel I’m writing, I write something else, a poem or a short story. I try to avoid writer’s block by always writing something (Short Story Quotes) For the source of the short story is usually lyrical. And all writers speak from, and speak to, emotions eternally the same in all of us: love, pity, terror do not show favorites or leave any of us out (Short Story Quotes) Once in 1919, when I was traveling at night by train, I wrote a short story. In the town where the train stopped, I took the story to the publisher of the newspaper who published the story (Short Story Quotes) 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 want to be a writer were novels (Short Story Quotes) I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and I won first prize. The first story was published in a newspaper. The second went out on radio (Short Story Quotes) You can write when you’re dyslexic, you just can’t read it. But I started writing short stories as a child and I found the short story format a real nice one. I love short stories and I love short documentaries or short films of any kind (Short Story Quotes) It’s difficult to write a really good short story because it must be a complete and finished reflection of life with only a few words to use as tools. There isn’t time for bad writing in a short story (Short Story Quotes) The short story... is the most democratic of all the arts; anyone may tell a story, and if it is an absorbing one someone will listen (Short Story Quotes) I love the short story for being round, suggestive, insinuating, microcosmic. The story has both the inconvenience and the fascination of new beginnings (Short Story Quotes) For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the last few paragraphs, the experience of surprise (Short Story Quotes) Writing the short story is essentially an act of grace. It’s not a matter of will so much as trust. I try to let the story do some of the work for me. It knows what it wants to do, say, be. I try not to stand in its way (Short Story Quotes) You know, I once read a short story about how much you could tell about people from their shoes. You could tell where they had been, what they did, whether they were real walkers (Short Story Quotes) Like some kind of particularly tenacious vampire the short story refuses to die, and seems at this point in time to be a wonderful length for our generation (Short Story Quotes) When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you. What I want is to have the reader come out just 6 percent more awake to the world (Short Story Quotes) You become a different writer when you approach a short story. When things are not always having to represent other things, you find real human beings begin to cautiously appear on your pages (Short Story Quotes) The cool thing about reading is that when you read a short story or you read something that takes your mind and expands where your thoughts can go, that’s powerful (Short Story Quotes) A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film (Short Story Quotes) Short stories are designed to deliver their impact in as few pages as possible. A tremendous amount is left out, and a good short story writer learns to include only the most essential information (Short Story Quotes) When seriously explored, the short story seems to me the most difficult and disciplining form of prose writing extant. Whatever control and technique I may have I owe entirely to my training in this medium (Short Story Quotes) I’m a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can’t and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing (Short Story Quotes) I was free. Every day, when you’re on the run, is the whole of your life. Every free minute is a short story with a happy ending (Short Story Quotes) Don’t let people interfere with you. Boot ‘em out, turn off the phone, hide away, get it done. If you carry a short story over to the next day you may overnight intellectualize something about it and try to make it too fancy, try to please someone (Short Story Quotes)

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