Jennifer Weiner Quotes
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I've always been interested in the economics of reproduction, who gets what they want when it comes to childbearing and how these days, money is a tremendous advantage.
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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.
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I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years.
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I'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough.
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Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don't get to quit your day job.
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I can carry a tune with a three-note range. Once I'm out of that range, I'm in trouble.
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Whenever people with money have power over people with less money, you have the potential for exploitation.
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If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you.