Jonathan Carroll
Author
"I started a short story but it was so dreary that even my pen threw up."
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Short Story
23 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Ernest Hemingway
Novelist
"You could omit anything if you knew that the omitted part would strengthen the short story and make people feel something more than they understood"
Ray Bradbury
Author
"Most of my short stories are fantasy."
Edith Wharton
Novelist, Short Story Writer
"The effect produced by a short story depends almost entirely on its form."
Isaiah Mustafa
Actor
"I write short stories. I write every day."
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