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“I have always known that writing fiction had little effect on the world; that if it did, young men would not have gone to war after The Iliad.”

Quote by Andre Dubus

Book:Broken Vessels: Essays

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Broken Vessels: Essays

This book is a compilation of reflective and thought-provoking essays that delve into a range of topics, offering readers a diverse and insightful look into the author's perspectives. more

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Andre Dubus is an American novelist known for his profound emotional portrayal and realistic style. His works often focus on the inner world of ordinary people and their interpersonal relationships, particularly skilled at depicting conflicts and resolutions within families and intimate relationships. more

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“I love the earth too much to contemplate a life apart from it, although I believe in that life.”

Believe Earth I Believe Too Much I Believe In Immortality Contemplating

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“For the twenty million Americans who are hungry tonight, for the homeless freezing tonight, literature is as useless as a knowledge of astronomy.”

Literature Millions Twenties Astronomy Hungry Useless Tonight Homeless Freezing

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“What's so exciting and terrifying about the writing process is that it really is an act of exploration and discovery. With all of us, not just writers, there is a sort of knowledge of the other. We have a lot more in common than we realize, and I think writing is really a sustained act of empathy.”

Thinking Writing Process Realizing Common Empathy Discovery Exciting Exploration Writing Process

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“I truly believe the art's larger than the artist. Who cares about John Steinbeck? I care about the Joad family.”

Believe Art Care Artist I Care Who Cares

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“As a matter of writing philosophy, if there is one, I try not to ever plot a story. I try to write it from the character's point of view and see where it goes.”

Ifs Writing Trying Matter Philosophy Character Stories Views Point Of View Plot

Author:Andre Dubus

“I got a degree in sociology, didn't read much fiction in college, and I was a pretty political, left-wing type of guy. I wanted to do some kind of work in social change and make things better for the poor man, and I was very romantic and passionate about it.”

Men Kind Wanted Political Guy Left Social Poor Fiction College Type Degrees Wings Passionate Sociology Social Change Poor Man Left Wing Very Romantic Type Of Guy Romantic And Passionate

Author:Andre Dubus

“I really think that if there's any one enemy to human creativity, especially creative writing, its self-consciousness. And if you have one eye on the mirror to see how you're doing, you're not doing it as well as you can. Don't think about publishing, don't think about editors, don't think about marketplace.”

Ifs Thinking Writing Humans Wells Self Eye Consciousness Enemy Creativity Creative Mirrors Editors Publishing Creative Writing Marketplace Doing You Self Consciousness

Author:Andre Dubus

“I'm one of those writers who can't talk about what they're working on. The entire four years I was writing 'House of Sand and Fog,' my wife never saw a word of it. I just have to keep it in the womb, and then everyone can have a crack at it.”

Writing Years House Saws Four Wife My Wife Sand Cracks Four Years Fog Womb

Author:Andre Dubus

“I've had a lot of glamour come my way in the last 10 years - you know, movie stars and mansions and red carpets and trips to Europe and crazy stuff I never would have imagined - and I look at them as if I'm the bartender in the corner of the room. They've never gone into my psyche. I look at them with distance, and wonder.”

Ifs Knows Way Years Looks Lasts Stars Stuff Rooms Wonder Gone Crazy Europe Red Distance Corners My Way Movie Star Carpet Glamour Mansions Red Carpet Bartender

Author:Andre Dubus

“If you don't put 99 percent of yourself into the writing, there will be no publishing career. There's the writer and there's the author. The author - you don't ever think about the author. Just think about the writer. So my advice would be, find a way to not care - easier said than done.”

Ifs Thinking Way Writing Said Done Would Be Care Careers Advice Easier Percent Publishing Easier Said Than Done

Author:Andre Dubus