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“I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things that really rival them”

Quote by Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman is a renowned American contemporary novelist, born on March 16, 1952. Her works are known for their dreamlike narrative style and rich imagination, which have won her a large following among readers. more

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“Fairytales were maps formed of blood and hair and bones; they were the knots of the sub-conscious unwound. Every word in every tale was real and as true as apples and stones. They all led to the story inside the story.”

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“No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written”

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“I always quit at three when my kids come home from school so I feel pretty spoiled”

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“All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are”

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“Every time I finish a book, I forget everything I learned writing it - the information just disappears out of my head”

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“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 never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals itself”

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“I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us”

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“Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help”

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“I'm much faster now. When you only have a certain amount of time to write, after a while you learn to use your time well or you stop writing”

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