I was 45 when I wrote most of this book [Hungry Heart ], at what felt like a halfway point in my life, and I thought, If I can't be honest now, when will it happen? It was so hard… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
We dated in our early 20s, when we were working at the same newspaper. We broke up, got back together and broke up again. I wanted to get married and have kids, but he wasn't ready. So I married someone… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
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… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
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… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
I think I'm much more comfortable talking about other books than my own! — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
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… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
Women are far and away the bigger consumers of fiction than men, but men are still far and away the more reviewed, the more… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
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… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
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… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
I also believe that if you're really a writer, you'll write, and that nobody could stop you. — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
As many times as I told her she was beautiful, I know that she never believed me. As many times as I said it… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
“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… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
Maybe it stems from my newspaper-reporting days, but I took notes the whole time - getting the call, how I felt. As soon as… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
![“I was 45 when I wrote most of this book [Hungry Heart ], at what felt like a halfway point in my life, and I thought, If I can't be honest now, when will it happen? It was so hard to step away from the [protection of] fiction, but I'm ready to talk start telling their truth.” quote by Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f9d/jennifer-weiner-2358_being-honest_i-was-45-when-i-wrote-most-of-this-book_2086521.jpg)
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