Teaching well draws from the same well that writing draws from: the reserves of compassion and ability to listen and concentrate on… — Andre Dubus Ability Copy Share Image
What's so exciting and terrifying about the writing process is that it really is an act of exploration and discovery. With all… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
“Its sound in her soul was a distant fast train. Love did not bring happiness, it did not last, and it ended… — Andre Dubus Disbelief Copy Share Image
As a young victim of bullying and then, later, a vindictive perpetrator of violence myself, I've known both sides of this experience,… — Andre Dubus Action Copy Share Image
“There’s something about taking the cart back instead of leaving it in the parking lot…It’s significant…Because somebody has to take them in…And… — Andre Dubus Human nature Copy Share Image
“What cracks had he left in their hearts? Did they love less now and settle for less in return, as they held… — Andre Dubus Divorce Copy Share Image
Wanting to know absolutely what a story is about, and to be able to say it in a few sentences, is dangerous:… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
Proportion is all; and, in sports at school, I lost it by surrendering to the awful significance of my self-consciousness. Shyness has… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
My own sense of the world is that very little is absolute or black and white or easily understood. I suppose in… — Andre Dubus Absolutes Copy Share Image
