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Meg Wolitzer Quotes

American - Writer | May 28, 1959 -

Both my mother and I have close groups of friends that include other writers, and these friendships are very important to us.

Mother Friends Important Us Close

I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

Mind Growing Up Writing Young Always

'Charlotte's Web,' which I read sitting on my mother's lap, was the most emotional experience: that was when I made the leap from seeing how to untangle words to realizing how books both contain and convey strong feelings.

Mother Experience Words Strong Leap

I really love Scrabble. I played it with my mother growing up. We took it everywhere with us. We didn't know then about the two letter words. Who knew that AA, or more controversially, ZA, or QI were words? We were a games family generally.

Family Love Mother Words Growing Up

My being a writer and playing Scrabble are connected. If I have a good writing day, I'll take a break and play online Scrabble. My favorite word as a child was 'carrion,' before I knew what it meant. I later created crossword puzzles, which was a lot about puns, and how words would create these strange, strange things.

Good Day Words Child Writing Play

I really like to entertain myself in various ways when I'm writing.

Myself Writing Like Entertain Really

I'm not particularly good at doodling. I'll doodle the same face over and over again.

Good Face Same Over Doodle Again

I love guacamole and think about it a lot when I'm supposed to be thinking about language.

Love Think Thinking Language About

I am a novelist through and through.

I Am Through Am Novelist

It's gratifying to be taken seriously, always.

Seriously Always Taken Gratifying

We all would love the idea of people getting what's coming to them in books and in life, but sometimes the trajectory is a little more complicated than that.

Life Love People Complicated More

I sometimes feel as if ideas for a novel kind of pop up like numbers in a bingo tumbler, and then they're ready to go.

Ideas Feel Ready Numbers Sometimes

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