My lazy, unfair assumption is that everything's easier when you're young and stunning. And maybe it is! But I'd like to see for myself. Jennifer Weiner More Quotes by Jennifer Weiner More Quotes From Jennifer Weiner Writing let me escape... It let me escape the insistent tug of my family, and its ongoing misery. Sitting in front of the computer, with the screen blank and the cursor blinking, was the best escape I knew. And there was plenty to escape from. Jennifer Weiner ongoing sitting writing I want to live in a world where people are judged by who they are instead of what size they wear. Jennifer Weiner want people world When an older writer tries to tell a younger writer through a review what kind of career she should be pursuing, it tends to speak to the reviewer's anxieties rather than the book itself. Jennifer Weiner anxiety careers book Well, you can’t control what they do, but you can control how you respond to it…whether you allow it to drive you crazy, or occupy all of your thoughts, or whether you note what they’re doing, consider it, and make a conscious decision as to how much you’ll let it affect you Jennifer Weiner crazy conscious decision Whenever people with money have power over people with less money, you have the potential for exploitation. Jennifer Weiner exploitation people 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 writing beach book I'd love to spend a day being supermodel beautiful. Jennifer Weiner supermodel beautiful If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you. Jennifer Weiner writing men fiction 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 writing book thinking I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years. Jennifer Weiner college writing years If you get the you-are-a-genius label, it can limit you. Because I'm not so scrutinized, I have more freedom. And that let's me write what I want. Jennifer Weiner labels genius writing I get really starstruck and tongue tied when I'm around other writers and the conversation tends not to go well. Jennifer Weiner get-real tongue conversation I also believe that if you're really a writer, you'll write, and that nobody could stop you. Jennifer Weiner ifs writing believe I can carry a tune with a three-note range. Once I'm out of that range, I'm in trouble. Jennifer Weiner three tunes trouble There are a lot of women like me in the world, and we rarely get to see ourselves. Jennifer Weiner like-me world ... somehow I couldn't stop. I had turned into someone that I would have pitied in another life; someone who searched for signs, who analyzed patterns, who went over every word in a conversation looking for hidden meanings, secret signals, the subtext that said, Yes, I still love you, of course I still love you. Jennifer Weiner broken-heart secret love-you I'm not in charge of my life. Jennifer Weiner My book sales make 'real writers' possible. Jennifer Weiner real book I love it when people ask who my influences are... or what my favorite part of my last book was... or the last great book I read. Jennifer Weiner lasts book people I don't particularly like being angry about stuff. I'd rather hang out with my daughter and write my little books. Jennifer Weiner daughter mother book
