Author: Ethan Canin

Quotes

The short story can't really hold an interesting event. It can't hold a death or a war or a loss of great magnitude the way either a long story or a novel can.

The short story can't really hold an interesting event. It can't hold a death or a war or a loss of great magnitude the way either a long story or a novel can.

- Ethan Canin

No matter what writers say, most stories are about ourselves. The facts might change a little, but not much.

No matter what writers say, most stories are about ourselves. The facts might change a little, but not much.

- Ethan Canin

'How does your life turn out?' That's the ultimate novelistic question to me.

'How does your life turn out?' That's the ultimate novelistic question to me.

- Ethan Canin

Books were king, but now movies are king, and books are sort of ignored. So now there's no sense of a welcoming community where you live.

Books were king, but now movies are king, and books are sort of ignored. So now there's no sense of a welcoming community where you live.

- Ethan Canin

I like writing about the evil lurking in apparently good people.

I like writing about the evil lurking in apparently good people.

- Ethan Canin

I was never writing for commercial success. It's nice that it has come, but it is not important.

I was never writing for commercial success. It's nice that it has come, but it is not important.

- Ethan Canin

I don't think success makes one confident. I think it has more to do with character than circumstance.

I don't think success makes one confident. I think it has more to do with character than circumstance.

- Ethan Canin

I like certain people's work better than my own.

I like certain people's work better than my own.

- Ethan Canin

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