What I would do is a 10-minute short of some kind on video, and if it's good enough, you get it passed around town and just get some attention, so then they'll read what you have.
I often think of the novel as a form that celebrates social groups, and the short story being a form that is capable of celebrating an individual or a sort of insular little pair of people.
In some respects, big ideas can be a bit too big for a short story - especially if you've only got a couple of thousand words to play with, and you need room for other stuff, like character, description.
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
Science sometimes falls short when trying to fathom the depths of our essence - and our inspiration comes from that essence.
Where there are large powers with little ambition, nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.
We are reminded how short life really is, and how we are just passing through. So, all the people you haven't told you love lately, tell them, and live your days like you mean it.
I went to school for creative writing in college, and I wound up about six hours short of my degree.
Life's to short for chess.
The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark.
Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.
Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field - no matter how rich or poor, tall or short, pretty or ugly to the bone, if you can draw, you can find personal fulfillment and build self-confidence. Art is the highest achievement of mankind.
I love games, and I feel they've been sold short shrift in films so far.
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.
I don't live in as much fear as I used to. I'm not afraid of the music business. Life is too damn short. I know what's important, and the tasks are very clear.
No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.
I think most short story writers, at one time or another, over the course of several books, naturally skirt near the edge of one genre or another.
For some reason, as time gets short in life, wasting time escaping through entertainment bothers me.
Short stories are often strong meat. Reading them, even listening to them, can be challenging, by which I do not mean hard work, simply that a certain amount of nerve and maturity is required.
I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before.
I was an accidental model. One day I was asked to me a model by a neighbor who was short on models. Then I got into TV.
I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.
Shows were very different then - even as the headliner we did a very short set by today's standards and sound systems were really primitive. But the girls made it all worthwhile!
If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and all necessary.
Grand economic theories rarely last more than a few decades. Some, if they are particularly in tune with technological or political events, may make it to half a century. Beyond that, little short of military force can keep them in place.
I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.
There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
I was in the school plays, I did a lot of music. I carried on through university for short films and loads of plays.
In short, not only are things not what they seem, they are not even what they are called!
Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.
The one noticeable similarity with almost all serial killer victims is their short height and low weight.
People who are short, they're often portrayed as the victim.
My parents were in short street, so they had to go abroad to economize.
Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.
