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Writing Short Quotes

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

You already know when I’m writing, so don’t be surprised if it’s short and dry, because I’m too hungry to write anything fat Picture Quote #1

It wasn’t by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short. The laws of prose writing are as immutable as those of flight, of mathematics, of physics Picture Quote #1

Art is the last thing I’m worried about when I’m writing a song. As far as I’m concerned, art is just short for ‘Arthur.’ Picture Quote #1

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

Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it ‘philanthropy’ is extremely short-sighted and, unfortunately, extremely pervasive Picture Quote #1

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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 think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They’re very different, and I can’t do what they do, but reading them gives me hope that I’ll learn something from them Picture Quote #1

I stopped writing short fiction early on - I was never really good at it, and I never liked the results. So I stopped trying to fit the material I was working with into these tidy little short fiction packages Picture Quote #1

My secret is simple. I have a very short attention span, and writing lots of things fast appeases that very attention span 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

This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit Picture Quote #1

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My younger sister Debby had died of cancer, which started me writing - the sense of life being short. Cancer focuses your mind Picture Quote #1

The first fiction I ever wrote was short stories. I was writing short stories in my late teens and early twenties, and I think it’s how you teach yourself to write Picture Quote #1

I love experimental writing, when it’s good, and good examples are much more likely to be found in the short form Picture Quote #1

I felt like you can write forever, but you have a short time to raise a family. And I think a family is a lot more important than writing Picture Quote #1

While we were working, we were writing about a tall girl and a short girl, which we thought was funny, because Alison’s [McGhee] tall and I’m short Picture Quote #1

Writing should be like skirts. Long enough to cover what it needs to cover and short enough to maintain interest Picture Quote #1

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I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories Picture Quote #1

In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina Picture Quote #1

I was really into writing short fiction and also photography when I was a kid Picture Quote #1

Topiary has always seemed like a good occupation, comparable in some ways to writing short fiction Picture Quote #1

I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists Picture Quote #1

I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film Picture Quote #1

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Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple 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

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

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

Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially Picture Quote #1

I feel quite at home writing short stories but nervous and anxious when writing novels, as if the bad time of consecutive failures might arise again Picture Quote #1

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Once I started writing novels, I understood how hard it was to write really good short stories (Writing Short Quotes) You already know when I’m writing, so don’t be surprised if it’s short and dry, because I’m too hungry to write anything fat (Writing Short Quotes) It wasn’t by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short. The laws of prose writing are as immutable as those of flight, of mathematics, of physics (Writing Short Quotes) Art is the last thing I’m worried about when I’m writing a song. As far as I’m concerned, art is just short for ‘Arthur.’ (Writing Short 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 (Writing Short Quotes) Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it ‘philanthropy’ is extremely short-sighted and, unfortunately, extremely pervasive (Writing Short 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 (Writing Short Quotes) I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They’re very different, and I can’t do what they do, but reading them gives me hope that I’ll learn something from them (Writing Short Quotes) I stopped writing short fiction early on - I was never really good at it, and I never liked the results. So I stopped trying to fit the material I was working with into these tidy little short fiction packages (Writing Short Quotes) My secret is simple. I have a very short attention span, and writing lots of things fast appeases that very attention span. (Writing Short 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. (Writing Short Quotes) This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit (Writing Short Quotes) My younger sister Debby had died of cancer, which started me writing - the sense of life being short. Cancer focuses your mind. (Writing Short Quotes) The first fiction I ever wrote was short stories. I was writing short stories in my late teens and early twenties, and I think it’s how you teach yourself to write. (Writing Short Quotes) I love experimental writing, when it’s good, and good examples are much more likely to be found in the short form. (Writing Short Quotes) I felt like you can write forever, but you have a short time to raise a family. And I think a family is a lot more important than writing. (Writing Short Quotes) While we were working, we were writing about a tall girl and a short girl, which we thought was funny, because Alison’s [McGhee] tall and I’m short. (Writing Short Quotes) Writing should be like skirts. Long enough to cover what it needs to cover and short enough to maintain interest (Writing Short Quotes) I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories (Writing Short Quotes) In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina (Writing Short Quotes) I was really into writing short fiction and also photography when I was a kid (Writing Short Quotes) Topiary has always seemed like a good occupation, comparable in some ways to writing short fiction (Writing Short Quotes) I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists (Writing Short Quotes) I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film (Writing Short Quotes) Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple (Writing Short Quotes) Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage (Writing Short 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 (Writing Short 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 (Writing Short Quotes) Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially (Writing Short Quotes) I feel quite at home writing short stories but nervous and anxious when writing novels, as if the bad time of consecutive failures might arise again (Writing Short Quotes)

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