It's the problem with fairy tales. From far away, they seem so perfect. But up close, they're just as complicated as real life.
Only once you destroy who you think you are can you embrace who you truly are
Everytime you do a Good Deed with true intention, your soul grows purer.
I never think of my work as writing for a young audience, frankly, because I think it risks talking 'down' to them. The idea is for these books to work just as well as for adults as kids. As for what readers will take away, I just want them to love being in the world and see it as a safe place to explore things that adults are often uncomfortable talking to them about.
If you get trapped in your head and out of your body during the writing process, it's very easy to make wrong turns. You have to really be in touch with your heart rather than your head to write the novel you want.
In the forest of primeval A school for Good and Evil Twin towers like two heads One for the pure And one for the wicked Try to escape you'll always fail, The only way out is Through a fairytale.
Beauty can only fight the truth for so long.
