The adults don't know what's happening on the kids' universe and the kids don't know what's happening on the adults' universe.

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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...

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...

Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism,...

Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism,...

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...

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...

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...

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 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....

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...

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 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...

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,...

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 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 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...

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.

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...

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 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 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...