You write about experiences partly to understand what they mean, partly not to lose them to time. To oblivion. But there's always the danger of the opposite happening. Losing the memory of the experience itself to the memory of writing… — Sigrid Nunez Copy Share Image
When I was a kid and wanted to grow up to be a writer, I assumed I would be writing about animals and children… — Sigrid Nunez Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who has a list of great books I would read if I only had the time. If I want to read… — Sigrid Nunez Copy Share Image
“It all sounds much crazier now than it did at the time, but even back then I wasn't sure how Ann could possibly believe… — Sigrid Núñez Copy Share Image
I try to write every day, preferably first thing in the morning. Of course, there are days when something happens to interfere with this… — Sigrid Nunez Copy Share Image
Read as much as possible, especially the work of writers who most deeply affect you. Make those writers your family. Never wait for inspiration… — Sigrid Nunez Copy Share Image
You might not remember what you had for dinner last night, but you remember everything about one particular summer of your youth. It's like… — Sigrid Nunez Copy Share Image
“I did not yet know that, contrary to youth's sense of itself as tolerant, freethinking, and egalitarian, it is more often stubbornly critical and… — Sigrid Núñez Copy Share Image
“She said, "I wish I had been born poor." ("I wish I'd been born an Indian" - Robert Kennedy.) The ideal would have been… — Sigrid Núñez Copy Share Image
“ Strays is what a writer I recently read calls those who, for one reason or another, and despite whatever they might have wanted… — Sigrid Nunez Copy Share Image
“Like many women, she would always find it easier to feel for a male (except, of course, her husband, against whom she bore innumerable,… — Sigrid Nunez Copy Share Image
