What is a short story

“A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.”

一篇好的小小说把我拉出自我，然后又把我塞回去，大了一号，现在，不再感到舒适。

David Sedaris

"My short stories are like soft shadows I have set out in the world, faint footprints I have left. I remember exactly where I set down each and every one of them, and how I felt when I did.”

我的小小说就像我放给世界的微弱的影子，留下的轻盈的脚印，它们中的每一个我都准确地记得在哪里放下，以及放下时我的确切感受。

Haruki Murakami 

“A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.”

小小说是一场恋爱，小说是一场婚姻。小小说是一幅照片，小说是一场电影。

Lorrie Moore