I write with a fountain pen. And then revise word by word and line by line so that the first draft of a scene is usually the tenth or so draft.
John DufresneThere were the fairy tales my father told to me at bedtime. All the standards. I thought my father invented wolves.
John DufresneThe landscape of childhood shapes us as it shapes the characters in our stories. You never forget the sacred places of your childhood.
John DufresneI had begun what I thought might be a career in social work. I was married and deeply involved in the anti-war movement. I thought I'd go about saving the world one person at a time. I worked with kids, teenagers mostly, in neighborhood centers, on the streets, and eventually in a drop-in center.
John Dufresne