Even as a small child, I understood that woman had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to daughters. In this way we were bound toget… - Alice Hoffman

For me, magic is reading and writing.

I start writing a novel with a question I need answered. Practical Magic addresses serious questions about the place of women in our society-questions that are as important, or more so, than they were twenty-five years ago. Unfortunately, over the past quarter century, the place of a woman in society has not moved forward as we had wished, then and now. There are still many of the same issues left to address: equal pay, childcare, healthcare, sexual assault. Magic may not be able to right these wrongs, but sisterhood just might. The years have only intensified the importance of telling women's stories, and doing our best to ensure that women who have been forced to be silent can speak and tell their own truths.

I just do the best I can to face what life brings. That’s the secret, you know. That’s the way you change your fate.