Andre Dubus III

Somewhere, sometime I'd stopped expecting my father to father.

My mother was making $135 a week, but she had resilience and imagination. She might take frozen vegetables, cook them with garlic, onion and Spam, and it would taste like a four-star dinner.

Writers have to be careful not to confuse personal attention with the attention that's going towards the book.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

My personal philosophy would be don't whine, don't let opportunities pass you by, be willing to work hard, and remember that you don't know as much as you think you do, ever.