“At the heart of all good fiction and at the heart of all good gossip is the same thing: trouble.” HeartFictionTroubleGossip Author:John Dufresne
“If you think about it, fiction is nothing more than gossip about the people you've made up.” PeopleIfsThinkingMadeFictionGossip Author:John Dufresne
“What you create when you're teaching fiction writing is a kind of literary salon, not a social club or a mutual admiration society, not a debating society, not a repair shop, not a fight club or a soap box. It's a place to have a conversation about a story.” WritingKindStoriesFightingSocialFictionTeachingConversationBoxesClubsShopsMutualAdmirationSoapFiction WritingSalonsMutual Admiration Author: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.” FactsFictionEventsEmotionalMinesUnimportant Author:John Dufresne
“Fiction begins with the senses, and the senses go to work in a place.” FictionSenses Author:John Dufresne
