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.

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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...

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...

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 never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully,...

I never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully,...

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.'...

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.

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.

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...

Every time I finish a book, I forget everything I learned writing it - the...

Every time I finish a book, I forget everything I learned writing it - the...

I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is...

I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is...

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...

I can't really work on more than one thing at a time.

I can't really work on more than one thing at a time.

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...

I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in,...

I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in,...

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...

I did go there later, but I hadn't been there before I wrote the book....

I did go there later, but I hadn't been there before I wrote the book....

I don't really read as much as I used to. A lot of what I...

I don't really read as much as I used to. A lot of what I...

Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art...

Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art...