Donna Tartt

Sometimes you can do all the right things and not succeed. And that's a hard lesson of reality.

I think it's hard to write about children and to have an idea of innocence.

Well, I do have some maiden aunts that are not quite like the aunts in the book, but I definitely do have a couple of them, and a couple of old aunties.

I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.