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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 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 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.

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'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...

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....

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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.