Everyone has a book inside of them - but it doesn't do any good until you pry it out. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Everyone has a book inside them - but it doesn't do an good until you pry it out.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Many people have a novel inside them, but most don't bother to get it out. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I’d much rather pretend I’m somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
How do you know that you are not part of a book? That someone's not reading your story right now? — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I write about all the horrible things that can happen to kids as a way of keeping those things from happening to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I think there are readers out there and I don't think the book is dead. And more importantly I don't think readers… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I think the reason these readers come back to me is because I represent their points of view. It may not be… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
For me, every book is a journey - questioning a really difficult topic that most people don't want to talk about, much… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Sometimes Chris wished he could sneak a peek at the back of the book, so to speak, and see how it was… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I haven't run out of ideas yet. Usually while I'm working on a book, I'm doing research for the next one! — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I was one of the first authors to have an active website. I'm totally obsessed with technology. I'm always looking for ways… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I don't base my books on my life (thank goodness) and I don't pick the topic first. In fact, the topic picks… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“The weapons an author has at her disposal are flawed. There are words that feel shapeless and overused. Love, for example. I… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“She’s not like anyone I’ve ever seen before. When I’m not with her, I want to be. And when she opens the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I have the most devoted and loyal following. I could probably type up my grocery list and they'd all want to read… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It's because of libraries that books like mine get recommended to book clubs and avid readers, who in turn pass them onto… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
May I ask you something?" I say. "Why do you read books, when you could be outside, living a million different adventures… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
If you read the first page of one of my novels, I can guarantee that you will read the last one. This… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“The weapons an author has at her disposal are flawed. There are words that feel shapeless and overused. Love, for example. I… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There are certain things that I'll hear about and that I think will make a great book and I put it in… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“You ask your readers if they can account for every minute of their lives, every thought in their heads, and be proud… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Being adopted felt like reading a book that had the first chapter ripped out. You might be enjoying the plot and the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I write because it’s a way of puzzling out answers to situations in the world that I don’t understand. The act of… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“My mother, who would always buy her books new, hated it the vintage hardcovers with their cracked spines and threadbare cloth covers.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I love meeting my readers - so the more I can talk to at one event the better! — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
In Poland, for a while, my books all had cartoons on the cover. I trust my publishers in each country to know… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The book that made me want to be a writer in the first place was Gone with the Wind - I read… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The way I challenge myself is by writing something that really engages me, that doesn't have an easy answer, and isn't always… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It is always hardest for me to write a book that has kids in it close to my kids' ages. It is… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Many of my books come from what if questions that I can't answer, things that I'm worried about as either a woman,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“She had given me my first crayons and coloring book, and had held me when I messed up, assuring me that the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I will say overwhelmingly what means so much more to me than the opinion of one reviewer are the letters I get… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Let me guess," Eric says, "You never meant for it to happen." "Hell, yes, I did. I've wanted her since you two started dating."… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“It’s the difference between dancing along the eggshell crust of acquaintance and diving into the messy center of a relationship.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
Because hate's just the flip side of love. Like heads and tails on a dime. If you don't know what it feels like to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
Some women are meant to change the world, while others are meant to hold it together. And then there are those of us who… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
I love feeling loved. I don't love knowing that I will always come in second place. I love the fact that at least sometimes… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
But there is a different between mending someone who's broken and finding someone who makes you complete. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“sometimes words are not big enough to contain all the feelings you are trying to pour into them. My” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
The night is falling down around us. Meteors rain like fireworks, quick rips in the seam of the dark... Every second, another streak of… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“When she had packed all the artifacts that made up their personal history into liquor store boxes, the house became strictly a feminine place.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
“Here's what I hadn't realized : the mother you haven't seen for almost 36 years isn't your mother. She is a stranger. Sharing DNA… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
My brother believed in all sorts of mythical creatures: pixies, dragons, werewolves, honest men. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share
