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title: "3 Chicks Quotes By Jennifer Weiner"
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> [It's like if a young woman writes it, then it's chick lit. We don't care if she's slaying vampires or working as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/it-s-like-if-a-young-woman-writes-it-then-it-s-chick-lit-we-don-t/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/jennifer-weiner-2358_book_it-s-like-if-a-young-woman-writes-it-the_1125660.png)

> [My feeling about my own work is, I could be writing 'The Aeneid' and they would still have to call it chick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/my-feeling-about-my-own-work-is-i-could-be-writing-the-aeneid-and/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/jennifer-weiner-2358_about_my-feeling-about-my-own-work-is-i-could_2601697.png)

> [If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/if-you-write-chick-lit-and-if-you-re-a-new-yorker-and-if-your-book/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/jennifer-weiner-2358_book_if-you-write-chick-lit-and-if-you-re-a-n_2883503.png)

## Other authors on Chicks

## More by Jennifer Weiner

> [Divorce isn't such a tragedy. A tragedy's staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love. Nobody ever died of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/divorce-isn-t-such-a-tragedy-a-tragedy-s-staying-in-an-unhappy/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

> [Right now women are using surrogates because they can't be pregnant. What worries me is the possibility that soon they'll use surrogates because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/right-now-women-are-using-surrogates-because-they-can-t-be-pregnant/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

> [I think I'm much more comfortable talking about other books than my own!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/i-think-i-m-much-more-comfortable-talking-about-other-books-than-my/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

> [People will want you to behave a certain way, to make a certain choice because it reinforces the way they see the world...But you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/people-will-want-you-to-behave-a-certain-way-to-make-a-certain-choice/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

> [Women are far and away the bigger consumers of fiction than men, but men are still far and away the more reviewed, the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/women-are-far-and-away-the-bigger-consumers-of-fiction-than-men-but/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

> [My sense is that beautiful women are living in a different world than I am, and that it's a world with benefits but also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/my-sense-is-that-beautiful-women-are-living-in-a-different-world-than/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

> [If you get the you-are-a-genius label, it can limit you. Because I'm not so scrutinized, I have more freedom. And that let's me write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/if-you-get-the-you-are-a-genius-label-it-can-limit-you-because-i-m/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

> [I also believe that if you're really a writer, you'll write, and that nobody could stop you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/i-also-believe-that-if-you-re-really-a-writer-you-ll-write-and-that/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

> [As many times as I told her she was beautiful, I know that she never believed me. As many times as I said it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/as-many-times-as-i-told-her-she-was-beautiful-i-know-that-she-never/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

> [“How do you find happiness in a body like yours...like mine? How do you find courage to follow anything anywhere if you don't feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/how-do-you-find-happiness-in-a-body-like-yours-like-mine-how-do-you/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

> [“seventeen, tells her”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/seventeen-tells-her/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

> [Maybe it stems from my newspaper-reporting days, but I took notes the whole time - getting the call, how I felt. As soon as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/maybe-it-stems-from-my-newspaper-reporting-days-but-i-took-notes-the/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

> [I'm going to continue writing. I'll always be a storyteller. But I'm also taking time to enjoy my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/i-m-going-to-continue-writing-i-ll-always-be-a-storyteller-but-i-m/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

> [She thought of what it would be like to grow up without the one certainty that every baby deseved - when I'm hurt or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/she-thought-of-what-it-would-be-like-to-grow-up-without-the-one/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

> [She hated the implied familiarity when customers requested things from her by name...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/she-hated-the-implied-familiarity-when-customers-requested-things/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

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