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We all dream dreams of unity, of purity; we all dream that there’s an authoritative voice out there that will explain things, including ourselves. If it wasn’t for our longing for these things, I doubt the novel or the short story would exist in its current form. I’m not going to say much more on the topic. Just remember: In dictatorships, only one person is really allowed to speak. And when I write a book or a story, I too am the only one speaking, no matter how I hide behind my characters Picture Quote #1

The best advice I can give on this is, once it’s done, to put it away until you can read it with new eyes. Finish the short story, print it out, then put it in a drawer and write other things. When you’re ready, pick it up and read it, as if you’ve never read it before. If there are things you aren’t satisfied with as a reader, go in and fix them as a writer: that’s revision Picture Quote #1

I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it’s just not what I want to do Picture Quote #1

I think it’s a short story writer’s duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story Picture Quote #1

I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I’m writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories Picture Quote #1

If you can’t write a decent short story because of the cold, write something else. Write anything. Write a long letter to somebody Picture Quote #1

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Yes, the problem of the novel is to stay truthful. The short story, if you really are intense and you have an exciting idea, writes itself in a few hours Picture Quote #1

As soon as I get an idea, I write a short story, or I start a novel, or I do a poem. So I have no need for a notebook Picture Quote #1

I got a couple of stories published, but the kind of money you were making for publishing a short story, I could see I wasn’t going to make a living at it Picture Quote #1

I want the reader to feel something is astonishing. Not the ‘what happens,’ but the way everything happens. These long short story fictions do that best, for me Picture Quote #1

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story Picture Quote #1

All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal with them, not a short story or a movie. It’s like a personal therapy Picture Quote #1

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I write movies, so - I look at boxing, and I commentated on it, as if I were telling you the story of a movie or a short story Picture Quote #1

It is my belief that we as human beings have a need to tell stories - I think it’s evolutionary. So you can think of the short story as a literary form, or you can instead think of stories Picture Quote #1

Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment Picture Quote #1

Short story characters, mine anyway, are usually driven by impulse, not so much by their histories and the choices that they have to make Picture Quote #1

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We all dream dreams of unity, of purity; we all dream that there’s an authoritative voice out there that will explain things, including ourselves. If it wasn’t for our longing for these things, I doubt the novel or the short story would exist in its current form. I’m not going to say much more on the topic. Just remember: In dictatorships, only one person is really allowed to speak. And when I write a book or a story, I too am the only one speaking, no matter how I hide behind my characters (Short Story Quotes) The best advice I can give on this is, once it’s done, to put it away until you can read it with new eyes. Finish the short story, print it out, then put it in a drawer and write other things. When you’re ready, pick it up and read it, as if you’ve never read it before. If there are things you aren’t satisfied with as a reader, go in and fix them as a writer: that’s revision (Short Story Quotes) I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it’s just not what I want to do (Short Story Quotes) I think it’s a short story writer’s duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story (Short Story Quotes) I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I’m writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories (Short Story Quotes) If you can’t write a decent short story because of the cold, write something else. Write anything. Write a long letter to somebody (Short Story Quotes) Yes, the problem of the novel is to stay truthful. The short story, if you really are intense and you have an exciting idea, writes itself in a few hours (Short Story Quotes) As soon as I get an idea, I write a short story, or I start a novel, or I do a poem. So I have no need for a notebook (Short Story Quotes) I got a couple of stories published, but the kind of money you were making for publishing a short story, I could see I wasn’t going to make a living at it (Short Story Quotes) I want the reader to feel something is astonishing. Not the ‘what happens,’ but the way everything happens. These long short story fictions do that best, for me (Short Story Quotes) A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story (Short Story Quotes) All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal with them, not a short story or a movie. It’s like a personal therapy (Short Story Quotes) I write movies, so - I look at boxing, and I commentated on it, as if I were telling you the story of a movie or a short story (Short Story Quotes) It is my belief that we as human beings have a need to tell stories - I think it’s evolutionary. So you can think of the short story as a literary form, or you can instead think of stories (Short Story Quotes) Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment (Short Story Quotes) Short story characters, mine anyway, are usually driven by impulse, not so much by their histories and the choices that they have to make (Short Story Quotes)

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