Jen Lancaster Quotes
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Humor's an excellent way to make a point more palatable and/or relatable.
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Unless 'Wii Fit' stops acting like a mean girl, it's over between us forever.
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I don't want to limit myself as a writer. Tastes change, and I want to keep my eye on the future.
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I'm such a fangirl when it comes to other writers. I read 250 books a year, and I'm always talking up books by other authors.
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I never ever, ever say anything against my husband to anyone except my husband. Everyone gets in fights, and I think the natural propensity for women is, 'Oh I want to talk to someone.' But the minute you take what bothers you outside the bond between you and your husband, you let someone else into the relationship and that causes a wedge.
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When it comes to matters of pro sports, politics or palate, disparate sides claim their party, team and cola to be superior.
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I had been terrified of Halloween my entire adult life. Loved it as a kid, but the minute I got out of college, there were little kids at my door demanding candy, which, No. 1, I couldn't afford, and, No. 2, if I had candy, it would be mine.
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No matter how happy anyone is with their choices, I believe it's human nature to wonder about the path not taken.
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I began writing fiction when I started running out of material in my own life.
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Once I was unemployed and didn't have money, you can't just go to dinner. The onus is on you to learn to cook... I learned how important the right equipment is.
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I like Oprah. I could sit around and make vision boards all day, but I wouldn't actually get anything done if I were to concentrate on my feelings rather than doing.
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Writing was something I always liked, but it wasn't a career until I was laid off from my executive position in my 30s. I started a website because I was bored, unemployed and angry.
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If forced to choose between a book and a Kindle, I'd opt for the comfort and ease of bound pages. I mean, I can't break a book if I drop it on a cement floor.
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I learned to speak Italian, somewhat. Definitely enough to get around in Italy. My grandfather always used to swear at my grandmother in Italian.
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Asking me to choose between a traditional book and a Kindle is like asking me which of my dogs I love most.
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I think people tend to be very myopic and they don't understand how their actions impact others.
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In real life, I tend to yell at people a lot. Not because I'm bossy or mean, but because I'm frustrated.
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I realized I couldn't have one foot in the fiction world and one foot in the nonfiction world, which is why 'Here I Go Again' is so not me. I didn't graduate from high school in the '90s, I never listened to metal music, and I don't time travel.
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Our citizens never hesitate to take sides against one another, whether it's Democrats versus Republicans, Coke drinkers opposed to Pepsi enthusiasts or Yankee loyalists against Red Sox aficionados.
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After we were married, we were broke. Flat broke. Not only did we not have health insurance, we could barely keep a roof over our heads, let alone have the kind of coin to throw around on onesies and Pampers.
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Plaid is always cute and always will be. But only on the bottom. At the top, it makes you look like a farmer.
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I hesitated before buying a Kindle. I wasn't worried that the digital reader would ruin literature as we know it. Rather, my concern centered on using an electronic device in the bathtub.
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I'm not thin, but I'm strong - plus my balance is such that I can navigate a flight of stairs with a basket of laundry and a stack of Pottery Barn catalogs, vaulting over cat-and-dog hurdles, never once spilling my coffee.
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You know how it's almost impossible for kids to not say what they think? That's me. I have to make the conscious effort to be situationally appropriate.