Andre Dubus
Andre Dubus
Andre Jules Dubus IIwas an American short story writer, essayist, and autobiographer...
belief element shyness strange truly
Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.
bullying writing past
As a young victim of bullying and then, later, a vindictive perpetrator of violence myself, I've known both sides of this experience, and I tried very hard in the writing here to be as absolutely honest as I possibly could, to not romanticize myself or my past actions or cowardly inactions in any way.
short-love believe way
I love short stories because I believe they are the way we live,
daughter morning new-york
Travel by air is not travel at all, but simply a change of location; so my wife and daughter and I went to San Francisco by train, leaving Boston on a Wednesday morning in June and, then after lunch in New York, boarding Amtrak's Broadway to Chicago.
land air campaigns
I wonder if politicians know less about the land, now that they campaign by air.
tired people listening
People fascinate the hell out of me. I never get tired of watching people, listening to people. The best part is not getting up in front of people but meeting people.
arms ghost embrace
Fear is a ghost; embrace your fear, and all you’ll see in your arms is yourself.