American - Writer | March 28, 1970 -
People are always coming up to me with my books and saying, 'You write these things I think but I could never say.'
Jennifer Weiner
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I wonder if novels work for women because they give us a safe place to talk about our ish.
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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.
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Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to stand in the back and go like 'do, do, do.'
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I get really starstruck and tongue tied when I'm around other writers and the conversation tends not to go well.
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Money is a tremendous advantage in just about everything, but in terms of reproduction, if you're a poor woman and you are infertile, it's like too bad, so sad. And if you are a wealthy woman, you can kind of buy whatever you want.
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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.
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I also believe that if you're really a writer, you'll write, and that nobody could stop you.
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