Author: Alice Hoffman

Quotes

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 love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life.

I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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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