--- title: "1 Career Writer Quotes By Andre Dubus III" description: "1 Career Writer quotes by Andre Dubus III. Plus more from Andre Dubus III and more Career Writer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/andre-dubus-iii-16475_books_if-you-don-t-put-99-percent-of-yourself_606077.jpg" --- > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/if-you-don-t-put-99-percent-of-yourself-into-the-writing-there-will/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/andre-dubus-iii-16475_books_if-you-don-t-put-99-percent-of-yourself_606077.jpg) ## More by Andre Dubus III > [“Soraya-joon, I have done all that I could. Do not be sorry for us. Your mother and I await you upon your return. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/soraya-joon-i-have-done-all-that-i-could-do-not-be-sorry-for-us-your/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) > [“But beneath them all, at the very bottom of the stack, is a worn and slightly tattered magazine called African Mamas Sucking Hog. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/but-beneath-them-all-at-the-very-bottom-of-the-stack-is-a-worn-and/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) > [“She was speaking again, her voice like the chirp of a bird who has flown into a black tunnel but does not yet know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/she-was-speaking-again-her-voice-like-the-chirp-of-a-bird-who-has/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) > [“... beach houses along short sandy streets. He can feel her bare forarm brushing his, and it's strange she's being so quiet. He glances…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/beach-houses-along-short-sandy-streets-he-can-feel-her-bare-forarm/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) > [“...it seemed almost inconceivable that in his short marriage to Althea she had, in her quiet way, left him feeling not only worthy, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/it-seemed-almost-inconceivable-that-in-his-short-marriage-to-althea/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) > [Most of the time I feel stupid, insensitive, mediocre, talentless and vulnerable - like I'm about to cry any second - and wrong. I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/most-of-the-time-i-feel-stupid-insensitive-mediocre-talentless-and/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) > [“Coming?" Dennis held his arm out for her, a patient smile in his voice. She peered up at him, but he was just a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/coming-dennis-held-his-arm-out-for-her-a-patient-smile-in-his-voice/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) > [“Her thighs are oiled and dark, and oblivion never felt as good as it does now,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/her-thighs-are-oiled-and-dark-and-oblivion-never-felt-as-good-as-it/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) > [“It’s easy K. on one side of the page you got your costs and on the other side your benefits. All you do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/it-s-easy-k-on-one-side-of-the-page-you-got-your-costs-and-on-the/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/if-you-don-t-put-99-percent-of-yourself-into-the-writing-there-will/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) > [“this I know of life’s difficult times: there is always a time for them to begin and a time for them to end, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/this-i-know-of-life-s-difficult-times-there-is-always-a-time-for-them/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) > [“Dat's what they say of this cauntry back home, Kath: 'America, the land of milk and honey.' Bot they never tell you the milk's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/dat-s-what-they-say-of-this-cauntry-back-home-kath-america-the-land/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) > [“Letting go of the pipe in the laundry room, he could feel in his throat so many sentences from the night's reading of emails,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/letting-go-of-the-pipe-in-the-laundry-room-he-could-feel-in-his/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) > [“If my father had been working at the 7-Eleven in Wyoming last night, what would he have done? Would he have gone for Elroy's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/if-my-father-had-been-working-at-the-7-eleven-in-wyoming-last-night/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) > [“But even in September, Thursday was a big money night, seven to eight hundred take-home, and that's what April concentrated on as she drove,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/but-even-in-september-thursday-was-a-big-money-night-seven-to-eight/) [Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/career-writer/andre-dubus-iii/#itemlist", "name": "1 Career Writer Quotes By Andre Dubus III", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If you don’t put 99 percent of yourself into the writing, there will be no publishing career. 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