Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever try this writing job. Dennis Lehane chaosfocusjob Change image and share on social
The world does not have tidy endings. The world does not have neat connections. It is not filled with epiphanies that work perfectly at the moment that you need them. Dennis Lehane connectionendingepiphany Change image and share on social
I found that I could write two kinds of short stories: I could write very absurd, kind of surrealistic, funny stories; or I could write very dark, realistic - hyper-realistic - stories. I was never happy with that, because I couldn't meld the two. Dennis Lehane absurddarkfind share on social
It's good not only to realize that you can't please all of the people all of the time, but that you don't want to. There's a certain type of reader that you don't ever want to write for. Dennis Lehane goodpeoplereader Change image and share on social
