“The rewrites are a struggle right now. Sometimes I wish writing a book could just be easy for me at last. But when I think about it practically, I am glad it's a struggle. I am (as usual) attempting to write a book that's too hard for me. I'm telling a story I'm not smart enough to tell. The risk of failure is huge. But I prefer it this way. I'm forced to learn, forced to smarten myself up, forced to wrestle. And if it works, then I'll have written something that is better than I am.”
Shannon Hale“Most people are genuinely good, sweetheart, and even the evil ones have some good in them. -Shannon Hale”
Shannon Hale, The Unfairest of Them All“Hey, times are tough, and thirty gold coins can do a lot of good. But I guess you wouldn't know about needing money, since you grew up like a little princ..."(Rapunzel glares)"Prin... soner. I mean, prisoner! A prisoner in a tower, such a shame, that.”
Shannon Hale“I'd thought I wanted to live free of my mundane little cage, but the world outside was feeling more and more hazardous.”
Shannon Hale“Life feels like fall of itself.""'A dream within a dream.""And I want to wake up.”
Shannon Hale“Get back in my cot, girl," said Gilsa. "You're sickly."No, I'm not," said Ani.Oh, no? Well, maybe stubbornness is a sickness, did you ever think of that?”
Shannon Hale“Seriously, a thirty-something woman shouldn't be daydreaming about a fictional character in a two-hundred-year-old world to the point where it interfered with her very real and much more important life and relationships. Of course she shouldn't. ”
Shannon Hale“Over there!" "Where?" Enna asked in mock panic "Do you see something?”
Shannon Hale“I'm going to find whoever is responsible for me sleeping out side with outside without pillows and kick them in the shins!-Enna”
Shannon Hale“The book smelled dusty and old but also carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting. She opened to the first page and started to read, pronouncing the words in a reverent whisper.”
Shannon Hale“I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”
Shannon Hale