‘The thing that I like about novels is that they are a more forgiving form. You can make missteps. It’s harder to write a really good short story - I’m more aware of the flaws in my short stories. There’s pleasure in being able to spend that much time with people and ideas in novels, but if you write a short story, the magical period of an idea to the excitement of composition and the first draft is short, but deeply pleasurable in a way novels are not.’
Elizabeth McCracken, interviewed by Anita Sethi for The Guardian