Most of us don't live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes expression fragment lend
There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off. Tobias Wolff joypullreward Change image and share on social
I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to be perhaps closer in spirit to poetry than to novels. Tobias Wolff closeformnovel Change image and share on social
Perhaps that is why the novel flourished in England. You had these communities that would stay put and people would see one another all the time and cause one another to change and have the opportunity to observe the changes over time. Tobias Wolff changecommunityengland share on social
'Alpha' is a very fast-moving book. It doesn't lend itself to laborious introspection and the navel-gazing that some stories can fall prey to. Greg Rucka alphabookfall Change image and share on social
Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of America's brittle and mutating id. John Burdett americabrittleconcrete Change image and share on social
Driven by the forces of love, the fragments of the world seek each other so that the world may come to being. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin driveforcefragment Change image and share on social