What we remember, and how we order and interpret what we believe to be true, are what shapes who we are.

- Stephen Elliott

In every book I ever wrote the point was to do as much as you could after coming to terms with your limitations.

- Stephen Elliott

Tom Kealey might be my favorite short story writer and this astonishing collection is long overdue.

- Stephen Elliott

If you never forgive you'll always be alone.

- Stephen Elliott

The best book I read in 2007 was Stoner by John Williams. It’s perhaps the best book I’ve read in years.

- Stephen Elliott

A stranger can see in an instant something in you that you might spend years learning about yourself. How awful we all are when we look at ourselves …

- Stephen Elliott

You'd be amazed how much fun you can have if you get out of your own head. The problem is that now people are only interested in themselves. What we …

- Stephen Elliott

That’s why you have to write your book right now, if that’s what you want to do. If you wait until you have the time, and the security, you might not…

- Stephen Elliott