Katherine Fugate: My goal would be to help young writers because I've been there. Perhaps this would be by answering questions, because sometimes people feel embarrassed about asking and would like to have anonymity. They might say, 'I have a question about screen adaptations,' or, 'How do you write when you're blocked?' Things like that mean a lot to me, because I had that mentoring, and that's how I got where I am today. So I hope I can do that for somebody else.
Katherine Fugate: Carpe diem is my motto. I may falter, I may mess it up, but I try to speak my truth, believing it's all I have. So that's it- that's my theme- make a difference, blow their minds, touch some hearts, embolden some souls.
Katherine Fugate: (when asked her favorite question about
When asked to name some of her influences, Katherine responded that Tom Robbins, Richard Matheson and Paulo Coehlo were the authors that she reads all the time.
When the producers of
Katherine pronounces her last name Fugate as "Few-jhay". It's of French origin, and it was spelled by her ancestors as Fuget.
When Katherine sent a prospective script to the Producers of the show
Katherine is the niece of