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Short Stories Quotes

I am content when writing short stories Picture Quote #1

I am also working on a couple of short stories for anthologies. This is new to me and I’m enjoying it Picture Quote #1

David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and her to read stories for the anthology Picture Quote #1

I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they’re so good. He doesn’t waste any words Picture Quote #1

I have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story Picture Quote #1

We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works Picture Quote #1

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I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, ‘Now I’m a writer.’ I’ve always been a writer Picture Quote #1

I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out Picture Quote #1

I used to take my short stories to girls’ homes and read them to them. Can you imagine the reaction reading a short story to a girl instead of pawing her? Picture Quote #1

I found that I could write two kinds of short stories: I could write very absurd, kind of surrealistic, funny stories; or I could write very dark, realistic - hyper-realistic - stories. I was never happy with that, because I couldn’t meld the two Picture Quote #1

[Red Dirt Marijuana] contains most of the great short stories in English that are not by Mr. Hemingway or Mr. O’Hara Picture Quote #1

How much energy is wasted in Italy in trying to write the novel that obeys all the rules. The energy might have been useful to provide us with more modest, more genuine things, that had less pretensions: short stories, memoirs, notes, testimonials, or at any rate, books that are open, without a preconceived plan 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

If you write a hundred short stories and they’re all bad, that doesn’t mean you’ve failed. You fail only if you stop writing Picture Quote #1

I mostly write short stories. They are best written in a continuous creative process. You have a feel of immediacy Picture Quote #1

I was incredibly determined - I wrote short stories, I wrote the beginnings of novels. I wrote a little children’s book and sent it to the editor-in-chief of the children’s division of Simon and Schuster and she asked me to write a little children’s book for a series she was doing Picture Quote #1

I think that writers have natural canvases, and my canvas, even in short stories, often seems to be the scope of a life Picture Quote #1

I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I’ve always thought the best place for my photographs was inside books of my own creation Picture Quote #1

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Read a short story every day. By the end of the week you would have read volumes of stories Picture Quote #1

Obviously not a Stephen King level writer, but I’d written short stories and short fiction, from the time I was 12 Picture Quote #1

The short stories tend to be a journalistic gathering of anecdotes that are put together to make something larger Picture Quote #1

Once I started writing novels, I understood how hard it was to write really good short stories Picture Quote #1

I wrote short stories when I was a teenager, but they weren’t any good and I kinda knew it Picture Quote #1

I was a good student, but a speech impediment was causing problems. One of my teachers decided that I couldn’t pronounce certain words at all. She thought that if I wrote something, I would use words I could pronounce. I began writing little poems. I began to write short stories, too Picture Quote #1

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The great pleasure for me in writing short stories is the fierce, elegant challenge Picture Quote #1

I write short stories, and I wrote a play Picture Quote #1

I write short stories. I write every day Picture Quote #1

Most of my short stories are fantasy Picture Quote #1

I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker Picture Quote #1

Oh, you've made plenty of short stories long. But never, ever, have you made a long story short Picture Quote #1

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I am content when writing short stories (Short Stories Quotes) I am also working on a couple of short stories for anthologies. This is new to me and I’m enjoying it (Short Stories Quotes) David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and her to read stories for the anthology (Short Stories Quotes) I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they’re so good. He doesn’t waste any words (Short Stories Quotes) I have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story (Short Stories Quotes) We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works (Short Stories Quotes) I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, ‘Now I’m a writer.’ I’ve always been a writer (Short Stories Quotes) I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out (Short Stories Quotes) I used to take my short stories to girls’ homes and read them to them. Can you imagine the reaction reading a short story to a girl instead of pawing her? (Short Stories Quotes) I found that I could write two kinds of short stories: I could write very absurd, kind of surrealistic, funny stories; or I could write very dark, realistic - hyper-realistic - stories. I was never happy with that, because I couldn’t meld the two (Short Stories Quotes) [Red Dirt Marijuana] contains most of the great short stories in English that are not by Mr. Hemingway or Mr. O’Hara (Short Stories Quotes) How much energy is wasted in Italy in trying to write the novel that obeys all the rules. The energy might have been useful to provide us with more modest, more genuine things, that had less pretensions: short stories, memoirs, notes, testimonials, or at any rate, books that are open, without a preconceived plan (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) If you write a hundred short stories and they’re all bad, that doesn’t mean you’ve failed. You fail only if you stop writing. (Short Stories Quotes) I mostly write short stories. They are best written in a continuous creative process. You have a feel of immediacy. (Short Stories Quotes) I was incredibly determined - I wrote short stories, I wrote the beginnings of novels. I wrote a little children’s book and sent it to the editor-in-chief of the children’s division of Simon and Schuster and she asked me to write a little children’s book for a series she was doing. (Short Stories Quotes) I think that writers have natural canvases, and my canvas, even in short stories, often seems to be the scope of a life. (Short Stories Quotes) I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I’ve always thought the best place for my photographs was inside books of my own creation. (Short Stories Quotes) Read a short story every day. By the end of the week you would have read volumes of stories. (Short Stories Quotes) Obviously not a Stephen King level writer, but I’d written short stories and short fiction, from the time I was 12. (Short Stories Quotes) The short stories tend to be a journalistic gathering of anecdotes that are put together to make something larger. (Short Stories Quotes) Once I started writing novels, I understood how hard it was to write really good short stories (Short Stories Quotes) I wrote short stories when I was a teenager, but they weren’t any good and I kinda knew it (Short Stories Quotes) I was a good student, but a speech impediment was causing problems. One of my teachers decided that I couldn’t pronounce certain words at all. She thought that if I wrote something, I would use words I could pronounce. I began writing little poems. I began to write short stories, too. (Short Stories Quotes) The great pleasure for me in writing short stories is the fierce, elegant challenge (Short Stories Quotes) I write short stories, and I wrote a play (Short Stories Quotes) I write short stories. I write every day (Short Stories Quotes) Most of my short stories are fantasy (Short Stories Quotes) I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker (Short Stories Quotes) Oh, you've made plenty of short stories long. But never, ever, have you made a long story short (Short Stories Quotes)

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