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Jennifer Weiner quotes

American Writer March 28, 1970

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Jennifer Weiner quote: "I like blogs. they're good times."
I like blogs. they're good times. Jennifer Weiner
Tell the story that's been growing in your heart, the characters you can't keep out of your head, the tale story that speaks to you, that pops into your head during your daily commute, that wakes you up in the morning. Jennifer Weiner
So I could write a story about a girl who was a lot like me, her ex-boyfriend, who was a lot like Satan, witha twitchy eyelid and a penis the size of a worn-down nub of an eraser. Jennifer Weiner
Jennifer Weiner quote: "If a writer writes poems and short stories and novels, but..."
If a writer writes poems and short stories and novels, but nobody ever reads them, is she really a writer? Jennifer Weiner
Jennifer Weiner quote: "I don't particularly like being angry about stuff. I'd rather..."
I don't particularly like being angry about stuff. I'd rather hang out with my daughter and write my little books. Jennifer Weiner
Women are far and away the bigger consumers of fiction than men, but men are still far and away the more reviewed, the more critically esteemed, the more respected. That can get frustrating. Jennifer Weiner
If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you. Jennifer Weiner
When you get everything you wanted, I think maybe you do have to be a little grateful for the people who got you there... whether or not they thought they were doing you any favors at the time. Jennifer Weiner
They say - "they" being the great philosophers, or possibly the cast of Seinfeld - that breaking up is like pushing over a Coke machine. You can't just do it, you have to set the thing in motion, rock it back and forth a few times. Jennifer Weiner
Jennifer Weiner quote: "I wonder if novels work for women because they give us a safe..."
I wonder if novels work for women because they give us a safe place to talk about our ish. Jennifer Weiner
I decided.. that I could go on being scared forever, that I could keep walking, that I could carry my rage around, hot and heavy in my chest forever. But maybe there was another way. You have everything you need, my mother had told me. And maybe all I needed was the courage to admit that what I needed was someone to lean on. Jennifer Weiner
Jennifer Weiner quote: "I'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and..."
I'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough. Jennifer Weiner
I sometimes read about authors who say they require a perfectly silent room maintained at precisely 68 degrees, with trash bags taped over the windows and a white-noise machine in the corner to write, and I think, 'Who are these people, and do any of them have kids?' Jennifer Weiner
Instead of hoping that some day the boys' club will open its doors, we can form our own clubs, define 'worthy' our own way, and celebrate the books and voices that we decide deserve celebration. Jennifer Weiner
And then he left, and came back, and our lives fell apart, like a well-loved book that you’d read and read again, until one night you picked it up to read yourself to sleep and the binding collapsed, sending dozens of pages spiraling toward the floor. Jennifer Weiner

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