Author: Alice Hoffman

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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

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

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

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

- 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

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.

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

Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around. Too much free time!

Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around. Too much free time!

- 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 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 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

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