I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience that has not really been spoken for. – Donna Tartt
Everything takes me longer than I expect. Its the sad truth about life. – Donna Tartt
The novel is about five students of classics who are studying with a classics professor, and they take the ideas of the things that theyre learning from him a bit too seriously, with terrible consequences. – Donna Tartt
To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone. – Donna Tartt
Hollywood is the place to be for actors – and theres just a big rush when an Australian comes over just because theres less of them. I guess thats just how it is. Like if you pick a pink jellybean out of a jar of green ones itd be amazing, but if you pick a green one, no one will care. – Callan McAuliffe