“I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists.” WritingFictionCasesImagineNovelistsWriting Short Author:William Gibson
“Topiary has always seemed like a good occupation, comparable in some ways to writing short fiction.” WayWritingFictionOccupationWriting Short Author:Kelly Link
“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.” WritingTryingLittlesResultsFictionMaterialsFitPackagesTidyWriting Short Author:Susan Choi
“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.” ThinkingWritingFirstsStoriesFictionTeachLateTwentiesShort StoryTeensWriting ShortWriting Short Stories Author:Jess Walter
“I often give this metaphor where I say that writing short fiction is like surfing, while writing a novel is like navigating with your car. So when you navigate with your car, you want to get somewhere. When you surf, you don't want to get somewhere, you just don't want to fall off your board.” WantGivingWritingFallFictionNovelCarMetaphorBoardsSurfingSurfNavigateWriting Short Author:Etgar Keret