Famous quotes containing the words short, story and/or writer:
“It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“... there is ... a big aspect of play in writing novels, and making the story more and more elaborate is just more and more fun.”
—Gish Jen (b. 1956)
“A writer is like a bean plant—he has his little day, and then he gets stringy.”
—E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)