I don't have the life of a famous person. But I do feel like I've been able to connect with a lot of people.

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• Ann Brashares:

  To write a story, I think you really have to open yourself up to the world.

• Ann Brashares:

  It's so much easier to have no expectations than to have big ones.

• Ann Brashares:

  Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to mo

• Ann Brashares:

  A tree is such a rich metaphor in a million beautiful ways. You can consider a tree growing and con

• Ann Brashares:

  As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branc

• Ann Brashares:

  I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.

• Ann Brashares:

  When I turned fifteen, I remember my father gave me a credit card which I was allowed to use for tw

• Ann Brashares:

  Gestating characters feels something like the mental equivalent of gestating a baby. In both cases,

• Ann Brashares:

  As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you.

• Sean Patrick Maloney:

  In my next life, I want to be Jann Wenner.