I do think, in general, children are so perceptive, and they watch and they get so much, and that’s wonderful. And it’s also difficult for them because they see so much, but they don’t understand. Amity Gaige Read Quote
Other than a short article I read in 2008 when the real story broke, I have not followed the Clark Rockefeller case, and ‘Schroder’ is not a novelization of that story. Amity Gaige Read Quote
I love writing letters. In order to write a novel in first person, I think I needed an addressee. Amity Gaige Read Quote
I researched children’s rights, divorce law, and parental kidnapping. Millions of children and parents are touched by the inadequacy of the legal system to deal with the human heart. Amity Gaige Read Quote
I wanted – and still want – to tell my mother’s story. She fled Stalin’s army in 1944, leaving Latvia, which was to be occupied by the Soviets for the next 50 years, and arrived to the U.S. when she was 11. Amity Gaige Read Quote
I think marriage and family keeps being written about because that’s where we keep our reputations with ourselves – I mean, we can’t quite slip the truths we reveal about ourselves at home. Amity Gaige Read Quote
Reading while I’m writing ideally inspires my competitive side. When I read great writers, I want to be a better writer. Amity Gaige Read Quote
Reading ‘Blood Will Out,’ one begins to understand how so many people were duped by Clark Rockefeller. All the imposter needs is some kind of initial agreement that he is who he says he is; thereafter, consensus builds via a network of human relationships. Amity Gaige Read Quote
