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Alice Hoffman Quotes
After a while, the characters Im writing begin to feel real to me. Thats when I know Im heading in the right direction. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
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. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when youre gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
Any institution becomes a community - whether its a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody knows certain things about people. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
Books may well be the only true magic. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
Even in times when its difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
Every time I finish a book, I forget everything I learned writing it - the information just disappears out of my head. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a womans domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
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. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
I always quit at three when my kids come home from school so I feel pretty spoiled. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
I cant really work on more than one thing at a time. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
I did go there later, but I hadnt been there before I wrote the book. Sometimes I feel like the imagined can feel more real than the real? - Alice Hoffman Quotes
I dont really read as much as I used to. A lot of what I was looking for as an escape I find in writing. And the other thing is that I dont want to get into someone elses language when Im working. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
I dont think I make much of a distinction between the real and the fantastic. They both seem to be threads in the same cloth as far as Im concerned. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss? - Alice Hoffman Quotes
I never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals itself. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
I never see a novel as a film while Im writing it. Mostly because novels and films are so different, and Im such an internal novelist. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
I really feel like the gift is also the curse. Its always half-and-half. Whatever brings you the most joy will also probably bring you the most pain. Always a price to pay. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
I think growing up is difficult and its a process that Im always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
I think secrets often come out. I spoke to a friend who is a therapist and I asked her if there were people who came to her and admitted to doing horrible things and she said, More than you know. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
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 theres a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
Im 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. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
Ive been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of those screenplays. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when theyre not around. Too much free time! - Alice Hoffman Quotes
It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when youre working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when youre with your children, youre thinking about working. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
No one knows how to write a novel until its been written. - Alice Hoffman Quotes
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Characters Cold Declarations Deep Direction Dreams Every
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Miss Much Night Ones Real Right Single
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