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> [Unfortunately, I was like a lot of my own students, who don't really want criticism, just encouragement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/unfortunately-i-was-like-a-lot-of-my-own-students-who-don-t-really/)

[Sigrid Nunez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

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## More by Sigrid Nunez

> [No one's memory is infallible, of course - quite the opposite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/no-one-s-memory-is-infallible-of-course-quite-the-opposite/)

[Sigrid Nunez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

> [When I was a kid and wanted to grow up to be a writer, I assumed I would be writing about animals and children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/when-i-was-a-kid-and-wanted-to-grow-up-to-be-a-writer-i-assumed-i/)

[Sigrid Nunez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/i-m-not-someone-who-has-a-list-of-great-books-i-would-read-if-i-only/)

[Sigrid Nunez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/it-all-sounds-much-crazier-now-than-it-did-at-the-time-but-even-back/)

[Sigrid Núñez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

> [I try to write every day, preferably first thing in the morning. Of course, there are days when something happens to interfere with this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/i-try-to-write-every-day-preferably-first-thing-in-the-morning-of/)

[Sigrid Nunez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

> [Read as much as possible, especially the work of writers who most deeply affect you. Make those writers your family. Never wait for inspiration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/read-as-much-as-possible-especially-the-work-of-writers-who-most/)

[Sigrid Nunez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/you-might-not-remember-what-you-had-for-dinner-last-night-but-you/)

[Sigrid Nunez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/i-did-not-yet-know-that-contrary-to-youth-s-sense-of-itself-as/)

[Sigrid Núñez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

> [“She said, "I wish I had been born poor." ("I wish I'd been born an Indian" - Robert Kennedy.) The ideal would have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/she-said-i-wish-i-had-been-born-poor-i-wish-i-d-been-born-an-indian/)

[Sigrid Núñez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

> [“ Strays is what a writer I recently read calls those who, for one reason or another, and despite whatever they might have wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/strays-is-what-a-writer-i-recently-read-calls-those-who-for-one/)

[Sigrid Nunez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

> [You write a thing down because you're hoping to get a hold on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/you-write-a-thing-down-because-you-re-hoping-to-get-a-hold-on-it/)

[Sigrid Nunez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

> [“Like many women, she would always find it easier to feel for a male (except, of course, her husband, against whom she bore innumerable,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/like-many-women-she-would-always-find-it-easier-to-feel-for-a-male/)

[Sigrid Nunez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

> [“Are you a political prisoner, Dooley?" Her blue eyes, immense now in her gaunt face, turned a pitying gaze on the reporter who'd asked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/are-you-a-political-prisoner-dooley-her-blue-eyes-immense-now-in-her/)

[Sigrid Nunez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

> [I first met Susan Sontag in spring 1976 when she was recovering from cancer surgery and needed someone to help type her correspondence. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/i-first-met-susan-sontag-in-spring-1976-when-she-was-recovering-from/)

[Sigrid Nunez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

> [“But even before she got to college, Ann's thinking had become to change. She could no longer see herself working for the system. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/but-even-before-she-got-to-college-ann-s-thinking-had-become-to/)

[Sigrid Núñez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

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