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A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching...

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about love, writers, instinct, good, good luck

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about love, reality, things, world

The story of America is the story of expanding liberty: an ever-widening circle, constantly growing to reach further and include more. Our nation's founding commitment is still our deepest commitment: In our world, and here at home, we will extend...

Quote by George W. Bush about love, liberty, nation, home, world

The Superman story is one of the underlying threads of the story, coming from another planet, leaving his parents and his world that got blown up behind.

Quote by Michael Chabon about love, parents, world

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York...

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Quote by Agatha Christie about crime, city

I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers.

Quote by Jackie Collins about love, books, writing, people

Well, if you look at the whole story, I mean there's only Jews and Romans in the story. I mean I just wanted to flesh that character out and make that a drama about the people around Christ when he was going through this passion.

Quote by Mel Gibson about love, character, people

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the...

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

Quote by Edmond de Goncourt about literature, present, past

If the truth be told, I’d rather hear a story. To me a story is true not because it happened, but because it seems like it must have happened since it happens to make so much sense.

Quote by Mark Amend about truth, common sense, sense, thinking

A good editor-and I don't claim to be one-can deduce the ideal elements of a writer's style and story and administer the necessary guidance to trick the writer into revealing it.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about writers, style, ideal, good, good luck

For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than...

For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about writing

I can usually tell the difference between a short story...

I can usually tell the difference between a short story idea and a novel-length one when someone describes the idea to me.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about idea

I construct timelines for each story and a master...

I construct timelines for each story and a master timeline for sequencing the stories in the volume.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about love

I wish I knew how to imagine a short story, because I...

I wish I knew how to imagine a short story, because I rather like the form, but they're too time-consuming for me to write on a regular basis.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about wish, time

In the process of defending the integrity of my story, I would clean up the structural problems without focusing on them. I've used it myself with the writers I've mentored.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about integrity, writers, problems

Once you've invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your story's grown to around a half-million words and can't be written as anything less than a trilogy.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about love

Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about love, writing, common sense, sense

The books I've written for gaming companies are a like games of miniature golf where the object is to weave an interesting story through an obstacle course.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about games, companies, obstacles, books

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like...

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again-I just have to find a story I want to tell.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about love

Every book was the best I could do at the time I wrote...

Every book was the best I could do at the time I wrote it, and every book was a story I still care about and believe in.

Quote by Orson Scott about love, time

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