“I really feel like the gift is also the curse. It's always half-and-half. Whatever brings you the most joy will also probably bring you the most pain. Always a price to pay” FeelsPainJoyPayHalfCurse Author:Alice Hoffman
“I never see a novel as a film while I'm writing it. Mostly because novels and films are so different, and I'm such an internal novelist” WritingDifferentFilmNovelNovelistsInternals Author:Alice Hoffman
“After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction” KnowsFeelsWritingRealCharacterHeadingsRight DirectionHeading In The Right Direction Author:Alice Hoffman
“I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss?” WayFeelsWritingDreamCultureMy OwnLossHalloweenPopular CultureLove And Loss Author:Alice Hoffman
“You can try to take sorrow and make it into something enduring, meaningful and beautiful. I always feel guilty that this is my job, that I get to do this” FeelsTryingJobsBeautifulSorrowEndureMeaningfulGuilty Author:Alice Hoffman
“Part of me didn't know if Australia wanted its champion to be gay.” IfsKnowsWantedGayChampionAustralia Author:Ian Thorpe
“The only thing is I am a little bit ashamed of is I didn't come out earlier, that I didn't have the strength to do it, the courage to break that lie. But everyone goes on their own path to do this, and I don't want the struggle to be so hard for other people.” PeopleWantLittlesHardLyingBitsBreakStrugglePathGoes OnLittle BitAshamed Author:Ian Thorpe
“Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.” LooksDoeDoom Author:Ian Thorpe
“This is why relays are so important, because you can find more in yourself for someone else, than what you can ever find for yourself.” ImportantRelays Author:Ian Thorpe
“Im pleased to say that in telling them, and especially my parents, they told me that they love me and they support me. And for young people out there, know that thats usually what the answer is.” PeopleKnowsYoungParentAnswersSupportSupport Me Author:Ian Thorpe