Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around. Too much free time!

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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 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...

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,...

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 really feel like the gift is also the curse. It's always half-and-half. Whatever brings...

I really feel like the gift is also the curse. It's always half-and-half. Whatever brings...

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'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...

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...

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...

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 think secrets often come out. I spoke to a friend who is a therapist...

I think secrets often come out. I spoke to a friend who is a therapist...

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...

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'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 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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...