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Real Quotes by Alice Hoffman
- Fairytales were maps formed of blood and hair and bones; they were the knots of the sub-conscious unwound. Every word in every tale was real…
- I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life
- After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction
- I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real, to see day lilies and swimming pools, loyalty…
- We had to survive to remember. Otherwise everything we were would disappear. Those people we loved would fade as though we'd never loved them, as…
- In the darkest hour of winter, when the starlings had all flown away, Gretel Samuelson fell in love. It happened the way things are never…
- I could hardly get a boy to look at me. All right, they'd look, they'd even take me out, but no one asked for a…
- Do people choose the art that inspires them — do they think it over, decide they might prefer the fabulous to the real? For me,…
- Real love, after all, was worth the price you paid, however briefly it might last.
- I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real.... Once I got to my desk, once I…
- I did go there later, but I hadn't been there before I wrote the book. Sometimes I feel like the imagined can feel more real…
- I don't think I make much of a distinction between the 'real' and the 'fantastic.' They both seem to be threads in the same cloth…
More Real Quotes
- I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or… — Giorgio Armani
- Getting over someone is a grieving process. You mourn the loss of the relationship, and that's only expedited by 'Out of sight,… — Hank Azaria
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- When you work on something that combines both the spectacular and the relatable, the hyperreal and the real, it suddenly can become… — J. J. Abrams
- Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for,… — Thomas Arnold
- You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
- We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs. — Bashar al-Assad
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. — Nancy Astor
- Crying wolf is a real danger. — David Attenborough
- I believe the Abominable Snowman may be real. I think there may be something in that. — David Attenborough
- Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and… — David Attenborough