Jennifer Weiner Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 28, 1970

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I wasn't that academic, but I always made sure I was earning money. I never wanted to put all my eggs in one basket. Even when I started doing music, my parents were like, 'You need to work; you can't just live off music.' I always knew that. So I worked until I knew I was going to be financially okay.

Jess Glynne

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Comedians play off of social commentary.

Jermaine Fowler

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To distract myself from writing, I was singing Bob Dylan's 'My Back Pages.' You know, 'I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now.' I thought, 'I should write a character like that.'

Andrew Sean Greer

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Thinking you're a genius is death.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

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Whenever I work on a part, I look at the world through the filter of the character and I pick things they might use through my observations of real life.

Jeff Bridges

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People love cliches. If you can give people cliches, that's very good TV, then.

Michael Hirst

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Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition.

John Portman

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Three-quarters of my family is Irish. Of course, the 'Kazee' is not.

Steve Kazee

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Hip hop is a multi-billion dollar business, and it was built off an opportunity that nobody else saw because they didn't understand the culture.

Troy Carter

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I have a great love for cuisine, so I'm always interested in local food, and there are so many interesting dishes, spices and ingredients in India.

Romain Grosjean

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It's not like I'm taking 20 grand from the shows. I mean there's no record label, so this is a genuine thing. And I think most people can see that. I think that anyone who knows me, knows I do things with integrity.

Mike Peters

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In America, we take care of each other, we support one another, and we look out for our neighbors.

Mike Honda

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