I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.

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

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

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

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