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title: "1 Honest Want Quotes By Jillian Medoff"
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> [To be honest, I want readers to be wrung out. As a novelist, I don't have a political agenda or specific philosophy; I'm trying to create a gut-wrenching, intimate, memorable experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/to-be-honest-i-want-readers-to-be-wrung-out-as-a-novelist-i-don-t/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

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## More by Jillian Medoff

> [If a book has a predictable storyline or familiar situations, there's little satisfaction for me in writing it. A woman deciding which man she'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/if-a-book-has-a-predictable-storyline-or-familiar-situations-there-s/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

> [“And the truth is, sometimes my sisters and I do get jealous, and sometimes we do say things to-and about-one another that are thoughtless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/and-the-truth-is-sometimes-my-sisters-and-i-do-get-jealous-and/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

> [“When it comes to religion, no one knows anything, especially those who claim to know best.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/when-it-comes-to-religion-no-one-knows-anything-especially-those-who/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

> [To be perfectly frank: I don't write women's fiction. I write intimate, gritty, realistic, character-driven fiction that happens to be thrown into the women's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/to-be-perfectly-frank-i-don-t-write-women-s-fiction-i-write-intimate/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

> [My novels are never truly finished, even if they're published and sitting on the shelf. While I may no longer be interested in spending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/my-novels-are-never-truly-finished-even-if-they-re-published-and/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

> [What I like to do and what I have to do are two separate things. I like to read, swim, watch TV, spend time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/what-i-like-to-do-and-what-i-have-to-do-are-two-separate-things-i/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

> [My only relief is to sleep. When I'm sleeping, I'm not sad, I'm not angry, I'm not lonely, I'm nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/my-only-relief-is-to-sleep-when-i-m-sleeping-i-m-not-sad-i-m-not-2/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

> [There's constant drama, and I'm busy, busy, but at the center of the madness is the desire to write, the need to write. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/there-s-constant-drama-and-i-m-busy-busy-but-at-the-center-of-the/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

> [My entire life has been centered around my writing, and by that I mean finding the time to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/my-entire-life-has-been-centered-around-my-writing-and-by-that-i-mean/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

> [I hope I'll keep people up at night, unable to stop turning pages. That's my goal: exhausted, emotionally drained readers who can't stop crying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/i-hope-i-ll-keep-people-up-at-night-unable-to-stop-turning-pages-that/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

> [I've always been a writer who tackles complex themes and risky subjects - I write about the things that people think but never say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/i-ve-always-been-a-writer-who-tackles-complex-themes-and-risky/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

> [To be honest, I want readers to be wrung out. As a novelist, I don't have a political agenda or specific philosophy; I'm trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/to-be-honest-i-want-readers-to-be-wrung-out-as-a-novelist-i-don-t/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

> [“It's my brain," she says softly. "It's eating me alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/it-s-my-brain-she-says-softly-it-s-eating-me-alive/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

> [As a writer who happens to be a woman, I am constantly devalued - even by other writers who happen to be women -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/as-a-writer-who-happens-to-be-a-woman-i-am-constantly-devalued-even/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

> [Part of what compels me to write day after day, chapter after chapter, is the discovery process, seeing the characters evolve as I get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/part-of-what-compels-me-to-write-day-after-day-chapter-after-chapter/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

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