“Working at the 'Review', if anything, the impression you got was, 'I'l...” — Sigrid Nunez Quote

“Working at the 'Review', if anything, the impression you got was, 'I'll never be good enough. I'll never work hard enough. I'll never be devoted enough.' These people are staying up all night over their sentences!”

“No one's memory is infallible, of course - quite the opposite.”

“I try to write every day, preferably first thing in the morning. Of course, there are days when something happens to interfere with this ideal schedule. Then I try to find time later in the day. I usually work at home, but sometimes, for a change I'll go to a library or a cafe. And I like to read poetry before I sit down to write.”

“This is the best thing that happens to me all night - a pint of cold Guinness.”

“Sometimes I can go out all night, but I'm a girl that needs at least 8 hours of snooze, so I stay in a lot.”

“Painting is a field that attracts a lot of lazy people. You can just sort of sit and wait for things to come to you. I know a lot of painters who'll sit and chat it up all night. But God, I just can't do that.”