The function of the Short Story is to be interesting, to convey vivid impressions, an therefore it must, to a degree, work with the evident and superficial thing
Henry Seidel CanbyWhile the novel-writer aims at an eminently natural method of transcription, the author of the short story adopts a very artificial one
Henry Seidel CanbyReading for experience is the only reading that justifies excitement. Reading for facts is necessary bu the less said about it in public the better. Reading for distraction is like taking medicine. We do it, but it is nothing to be proud of. But reading for experience is transforming.
Henry Seidel Canby