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
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
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
“Everyone has a book inside them - but it doesn't do an good until you pry it out.” — 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
Fiction allows for moral questioning, but through the back door. Personally, I like books that make you think - books you're still… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Because you can always count on a book to stay the same . Everything changes when you least expect it, she replies,… — 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
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
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
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
“Disaster was an avalanche, gathering speed with such acceleration that you worried more about getting out of its path, not finding the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
This must be what an addict feels like, I think, trying to fight the pull of one last, quick read. My fingers… — 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
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
I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write… — 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
“but when you held one of those volumes in your hands, you were leafing through another person’s life. Someone else had once… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Of all my novels, this book will stand out for me because of the sea change it inspired in the way I… — 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
“Personally, I like books that make you think – books you’re still wondering about three days after you finish them; books you… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I am always consulted about covers, and give feedback, but I am also aware that what causes a customer to pick a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I don't write the same book over and over - I think if I did that, I would stop writing. I couldn't… — 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 think many of my books, including 'Handle with Care,' including 'My Sister's Keeper,' circle back to how far are we willing… — 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
In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I love getting fan mail. Often, as a writer, you never know what your readers think of a book... you get critical… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
If you read a book that's fiction and you get caught in the characters and the plot, and swept away, really, by… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Everyone has a book inside of them - but it doesn't do any good until you pry it out. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Just so you know, when they say "once upon a time"....they're lying. It's not once upon a time. Its not even twice… — 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
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
I had absolutely no trauma in my childhood. If anyone ever assumed that my books were autobiographical, they'd be sorely disappointed, because… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“A level of a house, his father has told him, is called a story. Nathaniel likes that. It makes him feel like… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Here I am, wasting away inside a book I wish I could escape, and all she wants to do is stay in… — 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 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
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
But there is a different between mending someone who's broken and finding someone who makes you complete. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“sometimes words are not big enough to contain all the feelings you are trying to pour into them. My” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
