“A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.”

“A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there and then they are finished. Marathoners have to carefully pace themselves so that they don't run out of energy (or in the case of the novelist-- ideas) because they have so far to run. To mix the metaphor, writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.”

“Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story.”

“A novel is achieved with hard work, the short story with inspiration.”

“The short story is not, as some believe, a lesser form of literature than the novel.”

“I find writing novels a challenge, writing stories a joy. If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden.”