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“I learned to love stories by listening to them.”

Quote by John Dufresne

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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

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“There were the fairy tales my father told to me at bedtime. All the standards. I thought my father invented wolves.”

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“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.”

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“At the heart of all good fiction and at the heart of all good gossip is the same thing: trouble.”

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“I don't do damsel in distress very well. It's hard for me to play a victim.”

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

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“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.”

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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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