Alice Hoffman

All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are. ”

I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us. ”

Sometimes movies really are the best medicine. ”

The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the castle and finding all the bodies of the wives that came before her - she is confronted with truth, thinking about how often we think we know people and we really don't. ”

I really feel like the gift is also the curse. It's always half-and-half. Whatever brings you the most joy will also probably bring you the most pain. Always a price to pay. ”

Any institution becomes a community - whether it's a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody knows certain things about people. ”

I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things that really rival them. ”

I'm much faster now. When you only have a certain amount of time to write, after a while you learn to use your time well or you stop writing. ”

Every time I finish a book, I forget everything I learned writing it - the information just disappears out of my head. ”

Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help. ”