My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying. (Zadie Smith)

My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying.

Zadie Smith

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