I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different, and I can't do what they do, but reading them gives me hope that I'll learn something from them.
In America you make your plans and then they happen. - Nell Freudenberger
In America you make your plans and then they happen.
- Nell Freudenberger
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. - Nell Freudenberger
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.
Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories. - Nell Freudenberger
Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories.
I'm not a big Woody Allen fan, but thought 'Husbands and Wives' was great. - Nell Freudenberger
I'm not a big Woody Allen fan, but thought 'Husbands and Wives' was great.
Research for fiction is a funny thing: you go looking for one piece of information, and find something altogether different. - Nell Freudenberger
Research for fiction is a funny thing: you go looking for one piece of information, and find something altogether different.
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. - Nell Freudenberger
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.
I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different, and I can't do what … - Nell Freudenberger
I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different, and I can't do what …
Most good fiction also has a character the writer seems to know more deeply than anyone can actually be known in life, but a few unusual writers can … - Nell Freudenberger
Most good fiction also has a character the writer seems to know more deeply than anyone can actually be known in life, but a few unusual writers can …
Novels shouldn’t aspire to answer questions, and I wouldn’t presume to offer advice about love or marriage in any case. What’s fascinating to me abou… - Nell Freudenberger
Novels shouldn’t aspire to answer questions, and I wouldn’t presume to offer advice about love or marriage in any case. What’s fascinating to me abou…
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