“Relationships were never equivalent: that was why it was so hard to find permanent ones. When two people depended on each other, they each had their own reasons. Sometimes the reasons balanced each other out temporarily, and the two of… — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
“Phil doesn't say yes, but he doesn't really say no. He's willing to ruin a person's life in order to keep her from being angry at him.” — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I like music best in a car or on the train. — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Relationships were never equivalent: that was why it was so hard to find permanent ones. When two people depended on each other, they each… — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
“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,… — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
“It seemed incredible that it could be the same road, the same asphalt, that they had traveled so many times together. You thought that… — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
“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… — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
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… — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
Research for fiction is a funny thing: you go looking for one piece of information, and find something altogether different. — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
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.… — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
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… — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories. — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
