By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go undiscovered.
I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification.
War is sometimes described as long periods of boredom punctuated by short moments of excitement. History is often similar, if rather safer.
I was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest.
To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that.
I enjoy mixed audiences, not one particular group. Short, tall, scientists, Jews, gentiles, whatever, as long as they breathe and like to laugh.
To come up short when you reach too far is not such a bad thing rather than not to reach at all, right?
Unless it's a dead-straight short putt, you should focus on a spot somewhere along the line you want to roll the ball on.
I started making little short films with friends, and then I decided I wanted to get into the school play in high school.
Your biggest influences are the earliest ones. When I was young, I was very influenced by the short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
'The New Yorker's fiction podcast I like a lot, where they have authors pick short stories by other authors that appeared in 'The New Yorker.'
In short, philosophical theories are largely the product of the hidden hand of the cognitive unconscious.
The first thing one notices about Jill Abramson is her short stature. The second is her intensity.
Chekhov - shall I be blunt? - is the greatest short story writer who ever lived.
Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too.
For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction.
Obama's presidency hasn't been dedicated to achieving economic growth in the short term, or about creating jobs.
What the investment community does like is short-term measures designed to boost share prices.
I made sure no butt cheek hung out. You know, the original Daisy, Catherine Bach's shorts were shorter than mine.
I often wrangle with myself as an actor, and wrestle with the process. In striving for authenticity I often have the feeling I am falling short.
It's true, I don't like the whole cutoff-shorts-and-T-shirt look, but I think you can look fantastic in casual clothes.
