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I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry a child and breast feed. ↗

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

#culture #dreams #else #feel #i

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

#always #different #difficult #growing #growing up

I think secrets often come out. I spoke to a friend who is a therapist and I asked her if there were people who came to her and admitted to doing horrible things and she said, 'More than you know.' ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#asked #came #come #doing #friend

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

#believe #bound #connection #control #deny

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

#amount #certain #faster #i #learn

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor. ↗

— Horace

#grows #his #lean #man #neighbor

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

#bit #children #find #free #free time

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world. ↗