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title: "2 Alice Munro Quotes By Nell Freudenberger"
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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/i-think-the-few-writers-who-influenced-me-most-in-writing-short/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-freudenberger/)

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> [Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/alice-munro-is-a-particular-kind-of-short-story-writer-in-that-she/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-freudenberger/)

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## More by Nell Freudenberger

> [I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I like music best in a car or on the train.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/i-can-t-listen-to-music-when-i-m-writing-i-like-music-best-in-a-car/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/it-s-usually-easier-for-me-to-begin-writing-in-a-character-s-voice-if/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-freudenberger/)

> [“Relationships were never equivalent: that was why it was so hard to find permanent ones. When two people depended on each other, they each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/relationships-were-never-equivalent-that-was-why-it-was-so-hard-to/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-freudenberger/)

> [In America you make your plans and then they happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/in-america-you-make-your-plans-and-then-they-happen/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-freudenberger/)

> [“Men she thought, could make a clean break with a woman, could leave in the way Parveen's husband had. Or could even be left,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/men-she-thought-could-make-a-clean-break-with-a-woman-could-leave-in/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-freudenberger/)

> [“It seemed incredible that it could be the same road, the same asphalt, that they had traveled so many times together. You thought that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/it-seemed-incredible-that-it-could-be-the-same-road-the-same-asphalt/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-freudenberger/)

> [“He didn't understand how sadness came so easily to people. For him it was like a pile of rocks that had to be moved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/he-didn-t-understand-how-sadness-came-so-easily-to-people-for-him-it/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/i-think-the-few-writers-who-influenced-me-most-in-writing-short/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-freudenberger/)

> [Research for fiction is a funny thing: you go looking for one piece of information, and find something altogether different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/research-for-fiction-is-a-funny-thing-you-go-looking-for-one-piece-of/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-freudenberger/)

> [I think that the practice of writing every day was what made me remember that writing doesn't have anything to do with publishing books.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/i-think-that-the-practice-of-writing-every-day-was-what-made-me/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/novels-shouldn-t-aspire-to-answer-questions-and-i-wouldn-t-presume-to/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-freudenberger/)

> [Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/alice-munro-is-a-particular-kind-of-short-story-writer-in-that-she/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-freudenberger/)

> [“We complain and complain in the villages, and then take us out and it's all we can talk about." "Aren't people that way everywhere:"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/we-complain-and-complain-in-the-villages-and-then-take-us-out-and-it/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-freudenberger/)

> [You thought that you were the permanent part of your own experience, the net that held it all together - until you discovered that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/you-thought-that-you-were-the-permanent-part-of-your-own-experience/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-freudenberger/i-ve-always-been-a-little-bit-more-of-a-novel-reader-than-a-short/)

[Nell Freudenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-freudenberger/)

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