33 Quotes by Nell Freudenberger

I like it when someone gives me a new book of poetry by a poet I haven't read.

I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I like music best in a car or on the train.

Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories.

I think, in general, it's better not to respond to reviews of your work.

I'm not a big Woody Allen fan, but thought 'Husbands and Wives' was great.

I've always been a little bit more of a novel reader than a short story reader. I think the first books that made me want to be a writer were novels.

If somebody says your story is only published because you look nice in the photo, that maybe spurs you on to write.

It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant way.

Research for fiction is a funny thing: you go looking for one piece of information, and find something altogether different.