I am one of those authors who believes (perhaps foolishly) that she is in complete control of the story. — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
I love what I call "re-imagining," where I throw everything up in the air and let it fall in a different way.… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
Honestly, I really didn't want to take on World War II France, but when I came across the story of a nineteen-year-old… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
I love women being the heroes of the piece. There is just something so dramatic and important about this story [The Nightingale ]. — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
The woman who led [downed airmen] was named Andrée De Jongh and her story - one of heroism and peril and astounding… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
Thematically, we're both [with Kristin Hannah ] interested in women's experiences and women's stories, and until now, you've mostly dealt with how… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
I do not often follow my characters off on tangents or change my story on a whim. I have an outline which… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
Andrée De Jongh story led me to other stories of women who joined the Resistance in France. I found literally dozens of… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
There were others, women with stories that were told in a quieter voice: women who hid Jewish children in their homes, putting… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
“The two of you made something so beautiful it changed the way I saw it. I’ll never think of those places the same way… — Megan Chance Copy Share
Sight is one of the most easily deceived senses. I could make a coin disappear and your eyes would believe it gone, even if… — Megan Chance Copy Share
[I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters.]Roland Deschain from Stephen King's Dark Tower series. There's a whole world about… — Megan Chance Copy Share
Logic only tells us what's there; it can't really address what isn't. Even the most devoted empiricist must admit that we have no hope… — Megan Chance Copy Share
I love women being the heroes of the piece. There is just something so dramatic and important about this story [The Nightingale ]. — Megan Chance Copy Share
I know I'm not normal in this, but [ Severus ] Snape is absolutely my favorite character in the Harry Potter books. He is… — Megan Chance Copy Share
“There are no white knights, Soph. Not like in your stories. You have to see people for what they are, not what you want… — Megan Chance Copy Share
Trying to justify a world we don't hold all the answers to is what bedevils the best of us. Sometimes it's better just to… — Megan Chance Copy Share
“Few men ever wonder such things. They are the center of the world, after all. But women are not so different in what they… — Megan Chance Copy Share
The women of the French Resistance astounded me. Isabelle and Vianne [from The Nightingale] are my homage to those brave and forgotten women. — Megan Chance Copy Share
I'd extend an invitation to Lisbeth Salander. She would definitely shake the party up and get it started. I think she is hands down… — Megan Chance Copy Share
There were others, women with stories that were told in a quieter voice: women who hid Jewish children in their homes, putting themselves directly… — Megan Chance Copy Share
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