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.

Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods.

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

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

Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by.

Any institution becomes a community - whether it's a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody knows certain things about people.