Skala

“A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there and then they are finished. Marathoners have to carefully pace themselves so that they don't run out of energy (or in the case of the novelist-- ideas) because they have so far to run. To mix the metaphor, writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.”
― Jonathan Carroll

“What did Ethan care? _He_ had no trouble navigating. This was because he’d lived all his life in one house, was Macon’s theory; while a person who’d been moved around a great deal never acquired a fixed point of reference but wandered forever in a fog — adrift upon the planet, helpless, praying that just by luck he might stumble across his destination.”
― Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist

“You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.”
― John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire

“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
― Dave Eggers