“I sat around the kitchen every Sunday afternoon listening to my mother and aunts talk about the people in the neighborhood. Gossip - I loved it. And that turns out to be the writer's job: to attend to the gossip and spread it as far as you can.” PeopleJobsMotherTurnsListeningSpreadSatKitchenNeighborhoodSundayGossipAfternoonAuntSunday Afternoons Author:John Dufresne
“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