Nell Freudenberger

Most good fiction also has a character the writer seems to know more deeply than anyone can actually be known in life, but a few unusual writers can make something great without that.

If somebody says your story is only published because you look nice in the photo, that maybe spurs you on to write.

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

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.