Maria Semple

And I will say, I didn't invent it.

My women friends and I are constantly talking about it, and you're always reading these articles.

I feel like the New York Times, they just come fast and furious, these articles about women making compounds, you know, where they want to live together for themselves.

I don't think it's a plan B. I think it's a plan A. And this thing happens to Adora and she finds love.

But I think that what... First of all, the coven is still going strong on the seventh floor.

So the coven still exists in the world of the book.

It's happening.

And I think it's always there for her.

And...

i will say i i who knows if this thing will with digby will work out or not but i think that in the in the course of the book uh adora i think has learned to love herself in a way where she doesn't really need a man you know and i and i think that that's really what i was i was where i was hoping that she would to land it yeah yeah

Yeah, exactly.

That it's not like, oh, this is the solution to all my problems.

Like, I actually think the coven is the solution to our problems.

And I don't mean to sell out the coven.

I know it's kind of a problem with the book, but I personally love the coven.

And I will say on the floor of my building, two apartments are coming up for sale.

And there's a long list of my friends who now will hear about it for the first time and will say, wait, I need to be in those apartments.

So the coven will probably become a reality.

It wasn't.

that hard because while I was writing for TV, even though I had a 20 year career, worked on a lot of shows and was always kind of getting hired, I never felt like I was that great at the job.