Writer Quotes by Meg Wolitzer

I don't write autobiographically.

— Meg Wolitzer

I am a novelist through and through.

— Meg Wolitzer

Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.

— Meg Wolitzer

It's hard for me to feel bad when I'm writing well.

— Meg Wolitzer

I believe that sometimes, when we talk about books, we're talking about the big picture - how they're relevant.

— Meg Wolitzer

Books light the fire-whether it's a book that's already written, or an empty journal that needs to be filled in.

— Meg Wolitzer

I think my writing changed when I put 'the' in front of my titles. It had more command.

— Meg Wolitzer

For me, a novel relying too heavily on a single idea might be a dry, deadly thing unless it possesses an animating…

— Meg Wolitzer

I do want to say the process of writing a novel is riddled with self-doubt and self-loathing.

— Meg Wolitzer

I really like to entertain myself in various ways when I'm writing.

— Meg Wolitzer

We do seem, as a culture, to fetishize the "sweep." But I know there's room for "big" short, fierce novels, and "big"…

— Meg Wolitzer

Maybe our lives are like imperfect novel. Novels that would get very mixed reviews.

— MEG WOLITZER

I've been waiting for someone to sign the permission slip for me to write about sex. In the meantime, I've written about…

— Meg Wolitzer

When you're writing, it's so absorbing. It's like a drop cloth goes over you, and the world outside falls away, but you…

— Meg Wolitzer

Novels can be a snapshot of a moment in time, or several moments in time, and as a reader, that's what I…

— Meg Wolitzer

We all want to write the kind of book that we want to read. If you put in the things that you…

— Meg Wolitzer

People say, write what you know, but it's really, write about what obsesses you. Write about what you're thinking about all the…

— Meg Wolitzer

When you have a book out, it's like a period of protracted or concentrated megalomania, and it's really not normal or good…

— Meg Wolitzer

'Charlotte's Web,' which I read sitting on my mother's lap, was the most emotional experience: that was when I made the leap…

— Meg Wolitzer

As a novelist, I feel lucky that I can traffic in nuance. I'm more interested in looking at how things change over…

— Meg Wolitzer

We sometimes drive ourselves crazy with how our books will be "seen," when in fact we already know what they're about, and…

— Meg Wolitzer

I think a lot of the dull parts of first drafts come from a kind of over-managing, intrusive writer who wants to…

— Meg Wolitzer

Objectifying your own novel while writing it never really helps. Instead, I guess while you're writing you need to think: This is…

— Meg Wolitzer

My being a writer and playing Scrabble are connected. If I have a good writing day, I'll take a break and play…

— Meg Wolitzer