John Dufresne Quotes

I think I’ve learned to be mindful. I may not have taken John Dufresne Picture Quote

I think I’ve learned to be mindful. I may not have taken

— John Dufresne

A pure love is a selfless love, but can desire ever be selfless? John Dufresne Picture Quote

A pure love is a selfless love, but can desire ever be selfless?

— John Dufresne

I was always writing. I just didn’t know if I was any good. John Dufresne Picture Quote

I was always writing. I just didn’t know if I was any good.

— John Dufresne

The regional tags are often pejorative and dismissive. Don’t think of place-bound John Dufresne Picture Quote

The regional tags are often pejorative and dismissive. Don’t think of place-bound

— John Dufresne

In revision, your imagination becomes deeply engaged with your material. It’s when John Dufresne Picture Quote

In revision, your imagination becomes deeply engaged with your material. It’s when

— John Dufresne

The facts, however, are unimportant in fiction. It’s not the events of John Dufresne Picture Quote

The facts, however, are unimportant in fiction. It’s not the events of

— John Dufresne

Writing a story, you understand, is not done by consensus. But we John Dufresne Picture Quote

Writing a story, you understand, is not done by consensus. But we

— John Dufresne

Drug programs began to turn their attention and money away from prevention John Dufresne Picture Quote

Drug programs began to turn their attention and money away from prevention

— John Dufresne

At the heart of all good fiction and at the heart of John Dufresne Picture Quote

At the heart of all good fiction and at the heart of

— John Dufresne

You can’t possibly conduct a proper affair without a lot of deliberating, John Dufresne Picture Quote

You can’t possibly conduct a proper affair without a lot of deliberating,

— John Dufresne

I lost my job and started painting houses with a friend. The John Dufresne Picture Quote

I lost my job and started painting houses with a friend. The

— John Dufresne

As a writer you can and should expect to hear conflicting responses to your story. John Dufresne Picture Quote

As a writer you can and should expect to hear conflicting responses to your story.

— John Dufresne

We all sleep with the corpses of our dead lovers. John Dufresne Picture Quote

We all sleep with the corpses of our dead lovers.

— John Dufresne

Actually, my first literary heroes were the Romantic poets, so I began John Dufresne Picture Quote

Actually, my first literary heroes were the Romantic poets, so I began

— John Dufresne

Revision is not the end of the creative process, but a new John Dufresne Picture Quote

Revision is not the end of the creative process, but a new

— John Dufresne

There were the fairy tales my father told to me at bedtime. John Dufresne Picture Quote

There were the fairy tales my father told to me at bedtime.

— John Dufresne

Every act of loving affirms the goodness of the lover just because John Dufresne Picture Quote

Every act of loving affirms the goodness of the lover just because

— John Dufresne

If you think about it, fiction is nothing more than gossip about John Dufresne Picture Quote

If you think about it, fiction is nothing more than gossip about

— John Dufresne

We read novels because we need stories; we crave them; we can’ John Dufresne Picture Quote

We read novels because we need stories; we crave them; we can’

— John Dufresne

Fiction begins with the senses, and the senses go to work in a place. John Dufresne Picture Quote

Fiction begins with the senses, and the senses go to work in a place.

— John Dufresne

I learned to love stories by listening to them. John Dufresne Picture Quote

I learned to love stories by listening to them.

— John Dufresne

With each draft, the work gets better, and usually that means tighter. John Dufresne Picture Quote

With each draft, the work gets better, and usually that means tighter.

— John Dufresne

Novels are written, not wished into existence. You have to sit your John Dufresne Picture Quote

Novels are written, not wished into existence. You have to sit your

— John Dufresne

Every person in therapy has a love disorder. John Dufresne Picture Quote

Every person in therapy has a love disorder.

— John Dufresne

I was reading for understanding. I wanted to do to a reader what Salinger did for me. John Dufresne Picture Quote

I was reading for understanding. I wanted to do to a reader what Salinger did for me.

— John Dufresne

I had begun what I thought might be a career in social John Dufresne Picture Quote

I had begun what I thought might be a career in social

— John Dufresne

A lack of narrative structure, as you know, will cause anxiety. John Dufresne Picture Quote

A lack of narrative structure, as you know, will cause anxiety.

— John Dufresne

Love is always a surprise and you never get it right. John Dufresne Picture Quote

Love is always a surprise and you never get it right.

— John Dufresne

You will feel discouraged; you will lose confidence in your abilities; you John Dufresne Picture Quote

You will feel discouraged; you will lose confidence in your abilities; you

— John Dufresne

I write with a fountain pen. And then revise word by word John Dufresne Picture Quote

I write with a fountain pen. And then revise word by word

— John Dufresne

The landscape of childhood shapes us as it shapes the characters in John Dufresne Picture Quote

The landscape of childhood shapes us as it shapes the characters in

— John Dufresne

I revise like crazy. I start revising before the pen hits the paper. John Dufresne Picture Quote

I revise like crazy. I start revising before the pen hits the paper.

— John Dufresne

I sat around the kitchen every Sunday afternoon listening to my mother John Dufresne Picture Quote

I sat around the kitchen every Sunday afternoon listening to my mother

— John Dufresne

I used to believe that love and happiness were synonymous. I was John Dufresne Picture Quote

I used to believe that love and happiness were synonymous. I was

— John Dufresne

I grew up in a house without many books. The books the John Dufresne Picture Quote

I grew up in a house without many books. The books the

— John Dufresne

Pleasure is, after all, a luxury. It’s love that’s essential. John Dufresne Picture Quote

Pleasure is, after all, a luxury. It’s love that’s essential.

— John Dufresne

Reading honest literature makes you love the world. Knowledge and understanding are John Dufresne Picture Quote

Reading honest literature makes you love the world. Knowledge and understanding are

— John Dufresne

The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written. John Dufresne Picture Quote

The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written.

— John Dufresne

Reading is also a creative activity if you’re doing it right. You John Dufresne Picture Quote

Reading is also a creative activity if you’re doing it right. You

— John Dufresne

Place is character. And all writing is regional. John Dufresne Picture Quote

Place is character. And all writing is regional.

— John Dufresne

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