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Andre Dubus Quotes

It is not hard to live through a day, if you can live through a moment Picture Quote #1

One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that I’ve had some lovely, surprisingly good fortune with readers, and I’ve brought readers to my dad’s work. I can’t tell you the joy that gives me. Because my father’s work was masterful Picture Quote #1

The truth is life is full of joy and full of great sorrow, but you can’t have one without the other Picture Quote #1

Fear is a ghost; embrace your fear, and all you’ll see in your arms is yourself Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Even a day writing badly for me is 10 times better than a day where I don’t write at all Picture Quote #1

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I see a lot of marriages crash and burn around me and my wife. I’ve always been curious about how hard it is to love well and be loved Picture Quote #1

I know I learn a lot from the students in my class and I’m not just saying that to sound like some generous teacher Picture Quote #1

I work out four days a week in the off-season, and in the warm, running weather months, I do five days. A push/pull regime of weightlifting, cycling, and the occasional Saturday or Sunday run with my oldest son, even if it’s cold out Picture Quote #1

My dad and mom divorced when I was around ten, and I didn’t live with him after that, though he was close by and we saw each other weekly. I wasn’t really aware that he was a writer; I didn’t start reading his writing until I was about fifteen. It occurred to me then that my dad was kind of special; he’s still one of my favorite writers Picture Quote #1

Writers have to be careful not to confuse personal attention with the attention that’s going towards the book Picture Quote #1

My mother was making $135 a week, but she had resilience and imagination. She might take frozen vegetables, cook them with garlic, onion and Spam, and it would taste like a four-star dinner Picture Quote #1

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I was always a sensitive, sweet kid, but I got brutalized and I became brutal. And frankly, I don’t think it was my natural makeup. I don’t think its anyone’s natural makeup to be a violent brawler Picture Quote #1

Romance dies hard, because its very nature is to want to live Picture Quote #1

I wonder if politicians know less about the land, now that they campaign by air Picture Quote #1

Very early, I understood that women were required to be other than what they were Picture Quote #1

Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people Picture Quote #1

... and I believed that everyone but those kneeling in front of me saw, and that was the source of my vanity and my cowardice: always I believed everyone was watching me Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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It is not hard to live through a day, if you can live through a moment (Andre Dubus Quotes) One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that I’ve had some lovely, surprisingly good fortune with readers, and I’ve brought readers to my dad’s work. I can’t tell you the joy that gives me. Because my father’s work was masterful (Andre Dubus Quotes) The truth is life is full of joy and full of great sorrow, but you can’t have one without the other. (Andre Dubus Quotes) Fear is a ghost; embrace your fear, and all you’ll see in your arms is yourself (Andre Dubus Quotes) 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. (Andre Dubus Quotes) Even a day writing badly for me is 10 times better than a day where I don’t write at all (Andre Dubus Quotes) I see a lot of marriages crash and burn around me and my wife. I’ve always been curious about how hard it is to love well and be loved. (Andre Dubus Quotes) I know I learn a lot from the students in my class and I’m not just saying that to sound like some generous teacher. (Andre Dubus Quotes) I work out four days a week in the off-season, and in the warm, running weather months, I do five days. A push/pull regime of weightlifting, cycling, and the occasional Saturday or Sunday run with my oldest son, even if it’s cold out (Andre Dubus Quotes) My dad and mom divorced when I was around ten, and I didn’t live with him after that, though he was close by and we saw each other weekly. I wasn’t really aware that he was a writer; I didn’t start reading his writing until I was about fifteen. It occurred to me then that my dad was kind of special; he’s still one of my favorite writers (Andre Dubus Quotes) Writers have to be careful not to confuse personal attention with the attention that’s going towards the book (Andre Dubus Quotes) My mother was making $135 a week, but she had resilience and imagination. She might take frozen vegetables, cook them with garlic, onion and Spam, and it would taste like a four-star dinner (Andre Dubus Quotes) I was always a sensitive, sweet kid, but I got brutalized and I became brutal. And frankly, I don’t think it was my natural makeup. I don’t think its anyone’s natural makeup to be a violent brawler (Andre Dubus Quotes) Romance dies hard, because its very nature is to want to live (Andre Dubus Quotes) I wonder if politicians know less about the land, now that they campaign by air (Andre Dubus Quotes) Very early, I understood that women were required to be other than what they were (Andre Dubus Quotes) Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people (Andre Dubus Quotes) ... and I believed that everyone but those kneeling in front of me saw, and that was the source of my vanity and my cowardice: always I believed everyone was watching me (Andre Dubus Quotes) 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 (Andre Dubus Quotes)