One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love.

You don't teach information in a writing workshop.

There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off.

Work for most people is really very social, and the actual thinking is often done in community.

It's probably why I'm a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around people who told stories all the time.

You have to be kind of clued into them, they are a world of their own, and most people find them disappointing because the best short stories are not constructed like novels.

Want! You must want something. What do you want?