Author: Alice Hoffman

Quotes

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

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

- Alice Hoffman

I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.

I also like the whole idea of fairy tales and folk tales being a woman's domain, considered a lesser domain at the time they were told.

- Alice Hoffman

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.

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.

- Alice Hoffman

I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of those screenplays.

I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of those screenplays.

- Alice Hoffman

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.

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.

- Alice Hoffman

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

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

- Alice Hoffman

I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes.

I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes.

- 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?

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

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.

- Alice Hoffman

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