Mary Pope Osborne Home Quotations

remember a feeling of excitement, of sudden inspiration, when I was visiting Giovanni Boccaccio's home in the walled village of Certaldo, outside of Florence. (Boccaccio was the medieval author of The Decameron.) It was as though I had met my muse! After this trip, I read The Decameron and began writing the Alchemy Series in earnest.

Writing is a miracle. You can travel anywhere in the world, to any time and any place — and still be home in time to have dinner.

A vacation for me is when I'm home and I'm writing.