Nell Freudenberger Inspirational Quotes (5)

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.

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.

In America you make your plans and then they happen.

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