Luck is buying a lottery ticket along with your Yoo-hoo and striking it rich. Nothing about my life is lucky- it is all about hard work, it is all uphill struggle.

Emily Giffin

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That's how life is. Sometimes there are happy endings, sometimes there aren't, and more often there are shades of gray.

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I think it always feels riskier and scarier to go after something you really love and want because the rejection and failure hurts more.

think you failure love

'Something Borrowed' was initially titled 'Rolling the Dice,' but my editor said it sounded like a men's gambling memoir.

something gambling said men

I aim for four workouts a week. I work out with a trainer once a week. Then, I take a circuit class twice a week. The fourth workout is random, depending on what I'm in the mood for - either a run, a spin class, or yoga.

random aim mood work

I try to have something in common with my protagonists, especially when I'm writing in the first person.

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My mother has always been an Anglophile and taught my sister and me to love British history and literature.

me mother love history

I never outline my novels before I write. I do have a vague sense of beginning, middle, and end at the outset of each book, but for me, writing has always been a very character-driven process.

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To write convincingly, I think you must be able to relate, in some way, to what a character is experiencing.

think you character way

My favorite movie of all-time is 'Stand By Me,' and I re-read my... by Emily Giffin

My favorite movie of all-time is 'Stand By Me,' and I re-read my favorite young adult books often.

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Anything worthwhile is tough.

worthwhile tough

It always takes two. For relationships to work, for them to break apart, for them to be fixed.

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