I try to have something in common with my protagonists, especially when I'm writing in the first person. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I think exercise is critical to my writing and an essential way to recharge. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I always find something in common with my protagonist, particularly when I write in the first person. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters. I find flawed characters much more interesting… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I've always loved sister stories in fiction, from the time I was little, reading about Beezus and Ramona. I've always wanted to… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
When I write, I picture the characters a certain way in my head, and they're not like any actor or actress. It's… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I write about relationships and I try to create real-life characters. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
The best thing about being an author is writing stories and having people - strangers all over the world - connect with… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
To write convincingly, I think you must be able to relate, in some way, to what a character is experiencing. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time! — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I never outline my novels before I write. I do have a vague sense of beginning, middle, and end at the outset… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
Inevitably I draw on my own relationships when I write, so if I'm writing about a fight between a husband and his… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I try to have something in common with my protagonists, especially when I'm writing in the first person. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I think exercise is critical to my writing and an essential way to recharge. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“Well, anyway… it’s over,” I say, realizing that those two words lump me right in with a hoard of naive women who say it’s… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of sorry. There is the sorry imbued with regret. And a pure sorry. The kind that is merely asking for… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
Throw in the intensity of emotions that come with that bittersweet summer sandwiched between high school graduation and the rest of your life... — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“It occurs to me that she is not unique--that all women compare lives. We are aware of whose husband works more, who helps more… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“I desperately want to feel that way again. To be in a relationship that I’m not trying to script or water down. It’s about… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I always find something in common with my protagonist, particularly when I write in the first person. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I find my voice and manage to say those three one-syllable words back to him. Words I haven't uttered in a very, very long… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
