“No one ever told you that in moment of crisis, family was allowed to trump friendship.” — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Having children had knocked it all into a different arrangement. The minute you had children, you closed ranks. You didn't plan this… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
The minute you had kids you closed ranks. You didn't plan this in advance, but it happened. Families were like individual, discrete,… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I really love Scrabble. I played it with my mother growing up. We took it everywhere with us. We didn't know then… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“A child just wants to love her parents and to be loved, and it seems like it should be simple to do… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“For while they'd stayed close during the absurd years of his sharp rise, having children had knocked it all into a different… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“She understood that it had never just been about talent: it had also always been about money. Ethan was brilliant at what… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Who could say why a family decided to have a certain style, to tell the jokes it did, to put up its… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
New teachers were just a part of life, for a few days after one arrived, squawks of interest were emitted from various corners, but… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“It was exhausting being a schizophrenic, which he was still convinced he was.” — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I always thought it was the saddest and most devastating ending. How you could have these enormous dreams that never get met. How without… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
But clearly life took people and shook them around until finally they were unrecognizable even to those who had once known them well. Still,… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“This was a time of life, she understood, in which you might not know what you were, but that was all right. You judged… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Another spell had been thrust upon her so long ago...She hadn't been able to see it but it was real. Otherwise why would you… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Even if you yourself were unhappy and anxious, whenever you glimpsed happiness in your child, you suddenly became happy too. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“The world of law was filled with the fallen, but theater wasn't. No one ever "fell back" onto theater. You had to really, really… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Crema Seamans," Ethan repeated thoughtfully. "It's like a soup made from ... various semens. A medley of semens. It's a flavour of Campbell's soup… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
