Jennifer Weiner quotes - page 2

I think it's a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it's romance, or a beach book - in short, it's something unworthy of a serious critic's attention. (Jennifer Weiner)
The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability to make yourself work at your craft, every day - the belief, even in the face of obstacles, that you've got something worth saying. View quote
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The condom broke. I know how stupid that sounds. It's the reproductive version of the dog ate my homework. View quote
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This is motherhood for you,' said my own mother. 'Going through life with your heart outside your body. View quote
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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. View quote
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Every mother I've ever met, pretty much without exception, is doing the best job she can ever do. View quote
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I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years. View quote
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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. View quote
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I went to Princeton, I minored in women's studies. View quote
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I'm not in charge of my life. View quote
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Having a day job again I found really kind of fueled my fiction, because it became almost this forbidden thing where I had to sneak off and do it in private. (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. View quote
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I wrote my first books when I was single and then I got married and then had a kid and there were different things happening in my life. View quote
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People say I'm not good at writing about men. My dad left when I was 16. Give me a break. I'm doing the best I can. View quote
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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?' View quote
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My feeling about my own work is, I could be writing 'The Aeneid' and they would still have to call it chick lit or mommy lit or menopausal old hag lit. View quote
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I wonder if novels work for women because they give us a safe place to talk about our ish. View quote
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I also believe that if you're really a writer, you'll write, and that nobody could stop you. View quote
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If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list. View quote
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People are always coming up to me with my books and saying, 'You write these things I think but I could never say,' View quote
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I can carry a tune with a three-note range. Once I'm out of that range, I'm in trouble. (Jennifer Weiner)
I don't particularly like being angry about stuff. I'd rather hang out with my daughter and write my little books. View quote
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I don't write literary fiction - I write books that are entertaining, but are also, I hope, well-constructed and thoughtful and funny and have things to say about men and women and families and children and life in America today. View quote
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My book sales make 'real writers' possible. View quote
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I'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough. View quote
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