“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
“I lost my job and started painting houses with a friend. The marriage had ended about the same time the career did.” JobsHouseLostCareersPainting Author:John Dufresne
“We read novels because we need stories; we crave them; we can’t live without telling them and hearing them. Stories are how we make sense of our lives and of the world. When we’re distressed and go to therapy, our therapist’s job is to help us tell our story. Life doesn’t come with plots; it’s messy and chaotic; life is one damn, inexplicable thing after another. And we can’t have that. We insist on meaning. And so we tell stories so that our lives make sense.” WorldNeedsHelpingStoriesJobsLife IsNovelOur LivesHearingMake SenseTherapyDamnPlotCraveMessyChaoticTherapistsInexplicable Book:Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months Source: Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months
