Jodi Picoult Quotes
I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business of publishing with them.
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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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With the 'Old Kingdom' trilogy, at least half the readers were older adults rather than younger adults. I wrote them for myself with no particular audience in mind.
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Whenever you're in a relationship, you have that favorite song that reminds you of when you first got together or when you first kissed, and then every time you hear that song, it reminds you of that person.
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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I like the idea of sending my Aquazurra girls out with a lucky charm under their feet.
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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
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If there is a pattern, it will come back - maybe in Russia more than anywhere else, because it has collapsed so many times. Maybe less so here in the States, because here the society is so young.
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Yeah, I like clothes, but I hardly ever go shopping. Hardly ever!
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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If some people try to make a prenup into a pre-negotiation of a divorce... Well, that's really sad. But I do think that it's important to understand what each person has coming into the relationship, and what each person expects from the relationship. They aren't always fun discussions to have, and they can be very eye-opening.
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One of the problems is that kids who don't read - who are not doing well in school - they know they're not doing well. And they want everyone to be in that same category.
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What I learned with tech companies is I gotta give people room to experiment, and also to make what might later on be a mistake. This is the attitude I want to build within San Francisco - give some time to the tech community.
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My mother wanted to name me Jackie or Jacqueline but she got to name my sister and my brother, so my dad and my brother insisted on naming me. And they were big fans of 'The Little Mermaid.'
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Having your work honored nationally is a great morale booster.
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I'd love for mental illness to be seen in the way that other horrible illnesses are. When people get cancer, very few parents will say, 'Oh I feel so bad for giving you so much unhealthy food over the years.'
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I feel like I'm five sometimes because I still enjoy myself. I enjoy what I do.
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I know that when I watch TV, I want to be transformed and transported, not just by the characters that I grow to love over the hours and seasons of watching but also the world that it plants me into.
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I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business of publishing with them.
