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

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

John Dufresne quotes: A pure love is a selfless love, but can desire ever be selfless?

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

John Dufresne quotes: The facts, however, are unimportant in fiction. It's not the events of my life that I mine, but the emotional experiences I've had.

The facts, however, are unimportant in fiction. It's not the events of my life that I mine, but the emotional experiences I've had.

John Dufresne quotes: Every act of loving affirms the goodness of the lover just because he is capable of loving and being loved.

Every act of loving affirms the goodness of the lover just because he is capable of loving and being loved.

John Dufresne quotes: I lost my job and started painting houses with a friend. The marriage had ended about the same time the career did.

I lost my job and started painting houses with a friend. The marriage had ended about the same time the career did.

John Dufresne quotes: Reading is also a creative activity if you're doing it right. You can learn more from a story that's left the tracks than from a successful story.

Reading is also a creative activity if you're doing it right. You can learn more from a story that's left the tracks than from a successful story.

John Dufresne quotes: I learned to love stories by listening to them.

I learned to love stories by listening to them.

John Dufresne quotes: I write with a fountain pen. And then revise word by word and line by line so that the first draft of a scene is usually the tenth or so

I write with a fountain pen. And then revise word by word and line by line so that the first draft of a scene is usually the tenth or so draft.

John Dufresne quotes: Pleasure is, after all, a luxury. It's love that's essential.

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

John Dufresne quotes: I revise like crazy. I start revising before the pen hits the paper.

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

John Dufresne quotes: At the heart of all good fiction and at the heart of all good gossip is the same thing: trouble.

At the heart of all good fiction and at the heart of all good gossip is the same thing: trouble.

John Dufresne quotes: I was always writing. I just didn't know if I was any good.

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

John Dufresne quotes: Place is character. And all writing is regional.

Place is character. And all writing is regional.

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

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

John Dufresne quotes: Novels are written, not wished into existence. You have to sit your ass in the chair or nothing gets done.

Novels are written, not wished into existence. You have to sit your ass in the chair or nothing gets done.

John Dufresne quotes: If you think about it, fiction is nothing more than gossip about the people you've made up.

If you think about it, fiction is nothing more than gossip about the people you've made up.

John Dufresne quotes: We all sleep with the corpses of our dead lovers.

We all sleep with the corpses of our dead lovers.

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

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

John Dufresne quotes: With each draft, the work gets better, and usually that means tighter. It means getting the precise word, not the approximate word.

With each draft, the work gets better, and usually that means tighter. It means getting the precise word, not the approximate word.

John Dufresne quotes: The landscape of childhood shapes us as it shapes the characters in our stories. You never forget the sacred places of your childhood.

The landscape of childhood shapes us as it shapes the characters in our stories. You never forget the sacred places of your childhood.

John Dufresne quotes: Drug programs began to turn their attention and money away from prevention and into maintenance. Methadone was cheaper than social workers, I suppose.

Drug programs began to turn their attention and money away from prevention and into maintenance. Methadone was cheaper than social workers, I suppose.

John Dufresne quotes: Love is always a surprise and you never get it right.

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

John Dufresne quotes: Every person in therapy has a love disorder.

Every person in therapy has a love disorder.

John Dufresne quotes: I grew up in a house without many books. The books the nuns made us read in school didn't interest me.

I grew up in a house without many books. The books the nuns made us read in school didn't interest me.

John Dufresne quotes: I am in a sorry state, for I do not even know what I do not know. - St. Augustine

I am in a sorry state, for I do not even know what I do not know. - St. Augustine

John Dufresne quotes: I loved her for what I couldn't understand about her. Love searches for the mystery in the beloved, seeks the unknowable.

I loved her for what I couldn't understand about her. Love searches for the mystery in the beloved, seeks the unknowable.

John Dufresne quotes: A lack of narrative structure, as you know, will cause anxiety.

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

John Dufresne quotes: There were the fairy tales my father told to me at bedtime. All the standards. I thought my father invented wolves.

There were the fairy tales my father told to me at bedtime. All the standards. I thought my father invented wolves.

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

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

John Dufresne quotes: Memory is a rascal.

Memory is a rascal.

John Dufresne quotes: Judi, a person's worth isn't measured by her utility. We're not tools. We're here to think. To feel. To be good to each other

Judi, a person's worth isn't measured by her utility. We're not tools. We're here to think. To feel. To be good to each other

John Dufresne quotes: You lose a wallet or keys or something and you notice in a second, but your life can go missing and you don't even know it.

You lose a wallet or keys or something and you notice in a second, but your life can go missing and you don't even know it.