“The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.”

“The fact is we are all, no matter where we live, surrounded constantly by stories, whether they are literal, oral or visual…the benign story I'm really growing tired of is the "humorous" story of the blonde woman who is either injured or humiliated all in order to sell beer. Not funny. I am tired of these stories. I am angered by these stories. There are other stories far more wondrous — stories of women claiming and reclaiming power, stories of rage and resistance and indefatigable courage, and stories of women and some men — reaching across great divides and into the most treacherous places on Earth where turmoil reigns and violence against women is unchecked, taking the hands of those women, helping to lift them up and leading them toward safety and sanctuary and self-determination.”

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

“Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.”

“A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.”

“What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?”

“The media is only concerned with trying to sell themselves through concocted w:Sensationalismsensationalism. I try to avoid them and rarely read their concocted stories.”

“Women, not all, but many, like seeing they aren’t alone. My story is very common. I was abused. Mistreated. Hurt by men. I came up. Women resonate with that story because it’s theirs sometimes.”

“I have written a few short stories for different venues, but I don’t see a big market in writing collections of short stories—at least not enough to sustain a living. Short stories are great for writing, but this is how I earn a living.”

“In Mosca’s experience, a ‘long story’ was always a short story someone did not want to tell.”