Stories Quotes by John L'Heureux

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

Our salvation never comes in the form we would have chosen.

— John L'Heureux

Uninvited criticism is insult.

— John L'Heureux

There's something about a parenthesis in fiction that puts one off, saying, "It's me, moi, jumping in now."

— John L'Heureux

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

“on the other hand, who would be a more dedicated gay-basher than a gay school board member? look at congress.”

— John L'Heureux

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

“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

Nothing on earth in fiction is less interesting than characters under the influence of alcohol.

— John L'Heureux

Using language like jungle growth isn't the solution to telling a story.

— John L'Heureux

Let good people sin. Give virtue to rotters.

— John L'Heureux

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