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? Alice Hoffman Read Quote
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. Alice Hoffman Read Quote
I always quit at three when my kids come home from school so I feel pretty spoiled. Alice Hoffman Read Quote
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. Alice Hoffman Read Quote
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. Alice Hoffman Read Quote
Even in times when it’s difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art – and books – always help. Alice Hoffman Read Quote
Every time I finish a book, I forget everything I learned writing it – the information just disappears out of my head. Alice Hoffman Read Quote
Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods. Alice Hoffman Read Quote
