Writer Quotes by Jodi Picoult

When she wanted to escape her life, she read books

— Jodi Picoult

Often, when the last page is turned, it will haunt you.

— Jodi Picoult

“emotion, and that negative moments are like scribbling with permanent marker”

— Jodi Picoult

I think my writing has become "cleaner."

— Jodi Picoult

Writer's block is for people who have the luxury of time.

— Jodi Picoult

Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.

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The book that made me want to be a writer in the first place was Gone with the Wind - I read…

— Jodi Picoult

I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business…

— Jodi Picoult

The way I challenge myself is by writing something that really engages me, that doesn't have an easy answer, and isn't always…

— Jodi Picoult

When you're stuck, and sure you've written absolutely garbage, force yourself to finish and then decide to fix or scrap it -…

— Jodi Picoult

I think I have sort of gravitated toward issues that I don't know the answers to, because that's what's more interesting for…

— Jodi Picoult

I haven't run out of ideas yet. Usually while I'm working on a book, I'm doing research for the next one!

— Jodi Picoult

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

— Jodi Picoult

I’d much rather pretend I’m somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens.

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I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves me free to…

— Jodi Picoult

Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy…

— Jodi Picoult

You need to learn to write on demand, and to get critiqued without flinching. When someone can rip your work to shreds…

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“The story isn't mine to change anymore. Maybe it belonged to me at first, but now it belongs to you. And to…

— Jodi Picoult

“Librarians, to Melanie, were somewhat in a par with god -- who else could be bothered with, and better yet, know the…

— Jodi Picoult

This must be what an addict feels like, I think, trying to fight the pull of one last, quick read. My fingers…

— Jodi Picoult

It's a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three…

— Jodi Picoult

Sometimes Chris wished he could sneak a peek at the back of the book, so to speak, and see how it was…

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There are certain things that I'll hear about and that I think will make a great book and I put it in…

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May I ask you something?" I say. "Why do you read books, when you could be outside, living a million different adventures…

— Jodi Picoult

“My mother, who would always buy her books new, hated it the vintage hardcovers with their cracked spines and threadbare cloth covers.…

— Jodi Picoult

“I write because it’s a way of puzzling out answers to situations in the world that I don’t understand. The act of…

— Jodi Picoult

Everyone has a book inside of them - but it doesn't do any good until you pry it out.

— Jodi Picoult

My first job was as an assistant in the local library. Self-fulfilling prophecy?

— Jodi Picoult

“Everyone has a book inside them - but it doesn't do an good until you pry it out.”

— Jodi Picoult

Knowledge was power, but a good librarian did not hoard the gift. She taught others how to find, where to look, how…

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I have always written about subjects that engage me - questions I can't answer myself. They apparently tend to be big moral…

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The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think…

— Jodi Picoult

“but when you held one of those volumes in your hands, you were leafing through another person’s life. Someone else had once…

— Jodi Picoult

If you read the first page of one of my novels, I can guarantee that you will read the last one. This…

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For me, every book is a journey - questioning a really difficult topic that most people don't want to talk about, much…

— Jodi Picoult

I don't believe in writer's block. Most of writer's block is having too much time on your hands. My mantra is that…

— Jodi Picoult

Fiction is like that, once it is released into the world: contagious, persistent. Like the contents of Pandora's box, a story that's…

— Jodi Picoult

I don't base my books on my life (thank goodness) and I don't pick the topic first. In fact, the topic picks…

— Jodi Picoult

I write about all the horrible things that can happen to kids as a way of keeping those things from happening to…

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It's because of libraries that books like mine get recommended to book clubs and avid readers, who in turn pass them onto…

— Jodi Picoult