Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale down your monstrosities. A scream is not a discovery. — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
What a strange thing it is to recognize a sound like the shriek of a wounded animal, when you've never heard the shriek of… — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
There's something about a parenthesis in fiction that puts one off, saying, "It's me, moi, jumping in now." — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
You must get beyond divertissement, sketch, anecdote, the interesting moment. You must get to the mystery of human personality. What is the line of… — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
“on the other hand, who would be a more dedicated gay-basher than a gay school board member? look at congress.” — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale down your… — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
“A story is about a single moment in a character's life when a definitive choice is made, after which nothing is the same.” — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
Nothing on earth in fiction is less interesting than characters under the influence of alcohol. — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
Using language like jungle growth isn't the solution to telling a story. — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
A short story is a writer's way of thinking through experience... Journalism aims at accuracy, but fiction's aim is truth. The writer distorts reality… — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
