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.'

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Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and...

Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and...

The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the...

The original fairy tale was about the youngest sister going into a room in the...

I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned...

I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned...

Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it...

Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it...

Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by.

Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by.

I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there...

I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there...

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a...

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a...

I never see a novel as a film while I'm writing it. Mostly because novels...

I never see a novel as a film while I'm writing it. Mostly because novels...

No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written.

No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written.

Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism,...

Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism,...

I don't think I make much of a distinction between the 'real' and the 'fantastic.'...

I don't think I make much of a distinction between the 'real' and the 'fantastic.'...

I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's...

I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's...

I'm much faster now. When you only have a certain amount of time to write,...

I'm much faster now. When you only have a certain amount of time to write,...

After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when...

After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when...

You can try to take sorrow and make it into something enduring, meaningful and beautiful....

You can try to take sorrow and make it into something enduring, meaningful and beautiful....

They were written on cheap blue notebooks bought by poor women. I'm interested in folk...

They were written on cheap blue notebooks bought by poor women. I'm interested in folk...

I always quit at three when my kids come home from school so I feel...

I always quit at three when my kids come home from school so I feel...

Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working,...

Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working,...

The adults don't know what's happening on the kids' universe and the kids don't know...

The adults don't know what's happening on the kids' universe and the kids don't know...

Any institution becomes a community - whether it's a high school or a boarding school...

Any institution becomes a community - whether it's a high school or a boarding school...