"I am aware that there’s a drive and push in a short story that I can’t do in a novel because there..."

“I am aware that there’s a drive and push in a short story that I can’t do in a novel because there (in a story) it’s a drive toward an end; with an novel, I have to keep opening up, and opening up again, like each scene is a package containing another package.”

- Aimee Bender (via mttbll)