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Quote by John Dufresne

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

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John Dufresne is an American author born on January 30, 1948. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound insights into human nature. more

“I had begun what I thought might be a career in social work. I was married and deeply involved in the anti-war movement. I thought I'd go about saving the world one person at a time. I worked with kids, teenagers mostly, in neighborhood centers, on the streets, and eventually in a drop-in center.”

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

Ifs Knows Writing

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

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

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“I think I've learned to be mindful. I may not have taken the time to try to understand narrative techniques, let's say, with any rigor, if I did not also have to try to explain those techniques to someone else.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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

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“Writing a story, you understand, is not done by consensus. But we do learn from each other, and we remind ourselves how important this work we're doing is.”

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“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.”

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