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

Mom always said that confidence is a great leadership tool. — Jerilyn Dufresne

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

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

I like all cheese, but my guiltiest pleasure is definitely American cheese. — Wylie Dufresne

The most important thing with turkey is to let it rest - most people don't let it rest long enough. It will get juicier the longer you let it rest. — Wylie Dufresne

There will never be a universal way of cooking, but information will always be universally useful. — Wylie Dufresne

There will never be a right or wrong way to cook something, but there will always be a more informed way. — Wylie Dufresne

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

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

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

I learned to love stories by listening to them. — John Dufresne

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

Every dish doesn't have to be showy, and every dish doesn't have to slap you in the face with technique. — Wylie Dufresne

I can fry hollandaise, I can fry ketchup, I can fry mustard. — Wylie Dufresne

The spirit of pickling is one of adventure and fun. — Wylie Dufresne

It was then that I had a choice. I could cry and lay down and die, or I could use what I had learned from him to keep going and fully live. — Aimee DuFresne

Being a chef isn't the ideal career to intersect with parenting, but I try to be in my kids' lives as much as possible. — Wylie Dufresne

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

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

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

I would like to, at some point, do a cookbook. — Wylie Dufresne

People have been manipulating food ever since they realized cooking a whole animal was difficult. Cows don't come in hot dog form. — Wylie Dufresne

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

Neighborhoods change. In some ways, it's part of the beauty of New York City. It's in a constant state of flux. — Wylie Dufresne

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

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

The East Village is where I cut my teeth as a kid. I ran around here on a skateboard. — Wylie Dufresne

Place is character. And all writing is regional. — John Dufresne

Eggs Benedict is genius. It's eggs covered in eggs. I mean, come on,
that person should be the president. — Wylie Dufresne

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

My mother made the best scrambled eggs, super-loose and soft. — Wylie Dufresne

I've always had fond memories of cooking Thanksgiving. — Wylie Dufresne

I have no interest in vegetarians whatsoever. Zero. Less than zero. — Wylie Dufresne

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

Whatever loss, pain or tragedy you have experienced, you can get through. — Aimee DuFresne

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

The first chess book that I read was Dufresne's self-tutor, published with Lasker's Common Sense in Chess as an appendix. — Vasily Smyslov

Hollandaise, I would like to pour over my head and just rub all over myself. Eggs Benedict is genius. It's eggs covered in eggs. — Wylie Dufresne

I should be scared, but I am far too excited to let in any fear. — Aimee DuFresne

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. — John Dufresne

When ramps are in season, we pickle a bunch of ramps and fold that into soup. Pickled pearl onions are great chopped up or pureed. — Wylie Dufresne

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

Memory is a rascal. — John Dufresne

I think I can poach a pretty mean egg the old-fashioned way. — Wylie Dufresne

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

I don't think of eggs as being fundamental to the flavor of mayonnaise, but they are to Hollandaise. — Wylie Dufresne

Eggs are one of my all-time favorite foods, and making the over-easy egg is a test of skill. — Wylie Dufresne

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

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

Not having a New York culinary tradition, far from being limiting, it's an opportunity to create freely. — Wylie Dufresne

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

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

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

Extremely ripe things are not ideal for pickling. If you pour a hot liquid over super ripe strawberries, you're going to have strawberry soup. — Wylie Dufresne

Every person in therapy has a love disorder. — John Dufresne

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

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

American cheese is the perfect soft taco. — Wylie Dufresne

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

I present classics in an unfamiliar way or unfamiliar ingredients and preparations in a classical way. — Wylie Dufresne

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