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Short stories consume you faster. They're connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough they are as a form, but they're also a total joy.

~Ali Smith

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I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.

~Annie Proulx

Topics: Balance Brevity Find Intellectually Intensity Play Satisfying Short Short Story Stimulating Story Word Work

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After spending the last few years working on a serious novel set in Chechnya, I was drawn to both the brevity and casualness of Twitter, and wrote a series of tweets titled 'The Erotic Inner Life of Mr. Bates from Downton Abbey.'

~Anthony Marra

Topics: Abbey After Both Brevity Chechnya Downton Abbey Drawn Few Inner Inner Life Last Last Few Years Life Novel Series Serious Set Spending Tweets Twitter Working Wrote Years Mr

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Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity.

~Antonio Porchia

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Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

~Edsger Dijkstra

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