Nothing on earth in fiction is less interesting than characters under the influence of alcohol.
Our salvation never comes in the form we would have chosen. - John L'Heureux
Our salvation never comes in the form we would have chosen.
- 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 monstrosities. A… - 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 monstrosities. A…
There's something about a parenthesis in fiction that puts one off, saying, "It's me, moi, jumping in now." - John L'Heureux
There's something about a parenthesis in fiction that puts one off, saying, "It's me, moi, jumping in now."
Using language like jungle growth isn't the solution to telling a story. - John L'Heureux
Using language like jungle growth isn't the solution to telling a story.
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 realit… - 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 realit…
Plot does not simply move with time, but spreads out conceptually in metaphorical space. - John L'Heureux
Plot does not simply move with time, but spreads out conceptually in metaphorical space.
Let good people sin. Give virtue to rotters. - John L'Heureux
Let good people sin. Give virtue to rotters.
Sometimes, in that darkness, there is a single act of love, some selfless gesture, an aspiration, and we see that it's not been all waste, all hopele… - John L'Heureux
Sometimes, in that darkness, there is a single act of love, some selfless gesture, an aspiration, and we see that it's not been all waste, all hopele…
Uninvited criticism is insult. - John L'Heureux
Uninvited criticism is insult.
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