Some people don't know what to do with an act of kindness. Jodi Picoult More Quotes by Jodi Picoult More Quotes From Jodi Picoult As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it because we're too afraid to really examine the system, or is it because we really truly believe that this is the best way to deter future crime? Jodi Picoult punishment believe country Even though I don't write about things that come from my life because I'm lucky, and I live in a great place with great kids and, you know, a great husband, I think you can find threads of me in the characters, so that's really what being a writer is, probably. Jodi Picoult husband writing character Every year I tell myself that I’m not going to read any reviews and then I do. We’re all human and when I read something negative it hurts. I think when you write it’s part of the game, you’re going to get some good reviews and some bad reviews and that’s how it goes. I don’t write for the reviews. Jodi Picoult hurt writing thinking Gay rights is not something most of us think about - because most of us happen to have been born straight. Jodi Picoult gay rights thinking In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises. Jodi Picoult next surprise book I keep quite busy, walk 5 miles a day, and have an excellent hairdresser who keeps the gray out of my red hair. Jodi Picoult red busy hair In America right now, the people who talk about race the most are people of color - and if we are going to move the needle forward, it's WHITE people who need to acknowledge their role in racism. Jodi Picoult white america moving Life can change in an instant. Jodi Picoult life-can-change-in-an-instant instant The book that made me want to be a writer in the first place was Gone with the Wind - I read it and wanted to create a whole world out of words, too. Jodi Picoult gone wind book The legal system works really well, if you communicate a certain way. But if you don't, it all goes to Hell in a handbasket really quickly. Jodi Picoult legal-system hell way Hopefully, more and more people will come to understand that a child who's "different from" is not one who is "lesser than." Jodi Picoult different children people I think that's probably the most devastating thing - when someone who is larger than life winds up a shadow of themselves in a hospital bed. Jodi Picoult shadow wind thinking There are certain things that I'll hear about and that I think will make a great book and I put it in a file. Sometimes it's a situation that interests me, and I don't even realize what I'm trying to say about it until I get closer to it. Sometimes the book after that I've written 125 pages of, and I can tell you what the book is after that. I just sort of have a linear progression, but more than anything, the topics land in your lap. I don't feel that I go out searching for them. Jodi Picoult land book thinking I can get 400 pages down the road and still not know the answer. What I do know is that I have really examined every facet of the situation, and I may not have changed my opinion but I have definitely forced myself to explore why it's my opinion. Jodi Picoult pages answers may I think that different things sell in different countries. Jodi Picoult different country thinking To me, a good event is governed by the audience. Jodi Picoult audience events Stem cell research has become such a polarizing issue in America... and I wanted to bring it down to the personal level, instead of the political. Jodi Picoult issues cells america I think this is every mother's worst nightmare - something dreadful happening to her child. Jodi Picoult mother children thinking A lot of the hallmark behaviors of autism - flat affect, stimming, not looking someone in the eye - could very easily be misinterpreted as signs of guilt. Jodi Picoult autism guilt eye I never lose sight of the fact that before I was a writer, I was a teacher. I still am. My classroom's just gotten a little bigger. Jodi Picoult sight littles teacher
