“The short story is at an advantage over the novel, and can claim its nearer kinship to poetry, because it must be more concentrated, can be more visionary, and is not weighed down (as the novel is bound to be) by facts, explanation, or analysis. I do not mean to say that the short story is by any means exempt from the laws of narrative: it must observe them, but on its own terms.” MeanFactsStoriesLawTermFictionNovelAdvantageClaimsBoundsNarrativeAnalysisExplanationPoetry IsShort StoryVisionariesKinship Book:Stories Source: Stories
“The joy of poetry is that it will wait for you. Novels don't wait for you. Characters change. But poetry will wait. I think it's the greatest art.” ThinkingArtCharacterJoyWaitingNovelPoetry IsCharacter Change Author:Sonia Sanchez
“When I am writing fiction, I believe I am much better organized, more methodical - one has to be when writing a novel. Writing poetry is a state of free float.” WritingBelieveStatesI BelieveFictionNovelOrganizedPoetry IsFloatsNovel WritingWriting FictionWriting PoetryMethodical Book:Waltzing Again: New and Selected Conversations with Margaret Atwood Source: Waltzing Again: New and Selected Conversations with Margaret Atwood