About Quote by Patricia MacLachlan

It's not surprising to see in my own work, looking back, and in the work of some of my peers, an attention to family.…

— Jonathan Franzen

I really like reading about how families work together.

— Sara Shepard

I do a lot of writing about my family.

— Katey Sagal

Family is the most important thing in my life, so I guess it's not surprise that I like to write about it.

— Sarah Weeks

I love books about dysfunctional families.

— Sara Shepard

The struggle is how to write optimistically when the world we're living in is not inherently optimistic. I love the idea of the family…

— A.M. Homes

I'm a storyteller, and everyone in this family expresses themselves through writing to get through life's milestones.

— Joely Fisher

Sometimes family members will ask to be kept out of certain things that I'm writing, and I try to respect that. I'd much rather…

— Edwidge Danticat

My books are all relationship-focused, so much of my inspiration comes from my own relationships and the issues and concerns that arise among my…

— Emily Giffin

My writing, I am prepared to think, may be a substitute for something I have been born without - a so-called normal relation to…

— Elizabeth Bowen

When we read, even if the characters are tragic or sad or disturbing, these are our brothers and sisters in the human family.

— Julia Alvarez

The family is a community of love where each of us learns to relate to others and to the world around us.

— Pope Francis