Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane is an American author. He has written several novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring a couple of protagonists and other recurring characters, including A Drink Before the War. Of these, his fourth, Gone, Baby, Gone, was adapted as a 2007 film by the same name...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 August 1965
CityDorchester, MA
CountryUnited States of America
men good-man monsters
Which would be worse, to live as a monster or to die as a good man?
depression numbness weary
He wondered if this was what clinical depression felt like, a total numbness, a weary lack of hope.
mean simple world
The world according to Bubba is simple - if it aggravates you, stop it. By whatever means necessary.
giving long world
This world can only give me reminders of what I don't have, can never have, didn't have for long enough.
father struggle class
I have a lot of rage about things that didn't happen to me, tied up with watching an immigrant, working-class father struggle to make his way through the world - and seeing how society was modeled to keep him in his place.
optimistic doors expectations
It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone.
thread our-lives affected
There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected.
fall greek tragedy
In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb.
self-esteem worry important
There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers.
beautiful sweet heart
I can't remember coming across a more precise evocation of innocence lost since Golding's The Lord of the Flies. With The Death of Sweet Mister, Daniel Woodrell has written his masterpiece-spare, dark, and incandescently beautiful. It broke my heart.
hard-work differences luck
The foundation of your life is luck. Hard work and talent make up the difference.
writing people want
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.
sadness years next
Happiness comes in moments, & then it's gone until the next time. Could be years. But sadness settles it.
jobs writing focus
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.