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 In Poland, for a while, my books all had cartoons on the cover. I trust my publishers in each country to know what works in their individual markets. Jodi Picoult cartoon country book I am always consulted about covers, and give feedback, but I am also aware that what causes a customer to pick a book up off a shelf in the UK is very different from what causes a customer to pick a book up in the US. Jodi Picoult different giving book I love meeting my readers - so the more I can talk to at one event the better! Jodi Picoult meetings events reader The question I hate the most is "How did you DO it - write novels and raise your children simultaneously!" I mean, do MALE authors get asked that?? Jodi Picoult hate writing children I try really hard to ask people to take a look at their bookshelves. Are there female writers on it? Gay writers? Writers of color? There should be. Jodi Picoult gay color people I don't want to tell people what to think. I'm the least qualified person in the world for that. If I'd go around pretending to be the expert on everything, I'd become Dan Brown, and I don't understand that. We all do our research if we're good writers, and we all work hard to get it right, but that doesn't mean we're experts in the field. The best we can do is challenge people to learn the facts themselves. Jodi Picoult hard-work mean thinking I don't write the same book over and over - I think if I did that, I would stop writing. I couldn't write a series with the same character, and I couldn't write a romance novel over and over again that takes place at a different beach every year. That's not who I am. Jodi Picoult writing beach book I have the most devoted and loyal following. I could probably type up my grocery list and they'd all want to read it. I love that they're willing to let me go wherever I need to go as an author, and they're happy to come along for the ride as the reader. Jodi Picoult lists want needs The ideas choose me, not the other way around. Jodi Picoult choose-me way ideas On a shelf above my computer are five letters that spell out W-R-I-T-E. Just in case I forget why I'm there. I also have 'Wonder Woman' paraphernalia from when I wrote five issues of the comic, and pictures of my husband and kids. Jodi Picoult pictures woman husband forget I think the reason these readers come back to me is because I represent their points of view. It may not be my point of view, but that's OK. Everyone still deserves to have their say. Jodi Picoult view back think me
