Andre Dubus
Andre Dubus
Andre Jules Dubus IIwas an American short story writer, essayist, and autobiographer...
art jobs writing
I think the deeper you go into questions, the deeper or more interesting the questions get. And I think that's the job of art.
believe earth too-much
I love the earth too much to contemplate a life apart from it, although I believe in that life.
writing opposites grace
Don't outline your stories. A lot of fiction workshops say you should. I say the opposite. I quote Grace Paley: "We write what we don't know we know."
war writing men
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.
art believe care
I truly believe the art's larger than the artist. Who cares about John Steinbeck? I care about the Joad family.
writing fog years
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.
cannot creates imagination insists millions moment predicting thousands
What creates dispair is the imagination, which insists on predicting millions of moments, thousands of days, and so drains you that you cannot live the moment at hand.