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
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Dennis Lehane : American Author
Born: August 4, 1965
Profitable Short Stories: The Untapped Potential of Short Story Collections in the Business of Publishing
I wanted to write at school – to write funny stories which t…
I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me….
Short stories, for me, it’s like you step inside this brand …
I’m attracted to stories that excite my imagination, stories…
The finest clothing made is a person’s own skin, but, of cou…
Profitable Short Stories: The Untapped Potential of Short Story Collections in the Business of Publishing
I wanted to write at school – to write funny stories which t…
I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me….
Short stories, for me, it’s like you step inside this brand …
I’m attracted to stories that excite my imagination, stories…
The finest clothing made is a person’s own skin, but, of cou…
As we explore ways to bring price relief and bolster our cou…
More than any other in Western Europe, Britain remains a cou…
It struck me that working digitally with a small crew, I cou…
There is a bit of a movement as far as younger people in cou…
You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you cou…
If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a cou…
I had always loved music. I grew up listening to classic cou…
People are goofy about the movie business, so you end up cou…
Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical cou…
Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what cou…
I used to work for the World Health Organisation in poor cou…
I can work hard and be disciplined like a soldier, but I cou…
A lot of people have gone further than they thought they cou …
I don’t write literary fiction – I write books that are ente…
