I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life.

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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 feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other...

I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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 think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this...

I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this...

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.

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,...

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...

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 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...

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...

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....

All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who...

All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who...

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,...

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...