“Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.”
“For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a 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.”
“I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.”
“Don’t try to write a novel. Write short stories and then figure out how to connect them.”
“So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence.”