A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

Ruth Nelson: Miss McDonough

Quotes 

• Miss McDonough : Our everyday lives are real and true, aren't they? But all the stories in the world, all the music came out of someone's imagination. So, if we tell the truth and write the lies, then they aren't lies anymore. They become stories.

• Miss McDonough : Don't you think it would be still better if you'd write about the things you really know about and then add to them with your imagination? Even stories shouldn't be just, well, pipe dreams. Pipe-dreamers can be very lovable people but they don't help anybody, not even themselves. Now, think about it a little.