I read "The Group" by Mary McCarthy. It had tons of sex in it, or so I thought at the time.
Alice HoffmanI 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 HoffmanThat was the way illness appeared in a house, in the corners, in between floorboards, on the hooks in the closet, along with the sweaters and coats.
Alice HoffmanBeing human means losing everything we love best in the world," she murmured as she released me. "But would you ask to be anything else?
Alice Hoffman