Newt Gingrich wrote a novel, and he's a short story. Bill Clinton wrote a biography, and he's a novel.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A book is either autobiography or a novel.
I love stories. But I don't distinguish so much between a short story and a novel. Personally, when I sit down to read a novel or a Chekhov story, I'm seeking the same thing: I'm seeking that same rich portrayal of life in words.
I know for a fact that - it's just the way our biases work now in the industry of literature, but certainly a short story collection does not receive the same kind of attention as a novel.
That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.
I often say flippantly that the short story is... shorter; you can be done with it more easily. It's much less of a commitment of time and energy than a big project like a novel or long nonfiction book.
I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.
For someone who made such an enormous contribution to American literature, Mark Twain has been the subject of many books but few major biographies.
I read a lot of short fiction, like Kurt Vonnegut and Raymond Carver and Wells Tower.
I am a huge fan of biographies. What I'm always looking for is a story. I want a story I have never heard from anyone else.
Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.