Writing Quotes by Jodi Picoult

You want to write something as good as what you've read.

— Jodi Picoult

“You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.”

— Jodi Picoult

Write a living will. And become an organ donor!

— 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

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

— Jodi Picoult

When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular,…

— 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

You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

— 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 started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got…

— Jodi Picoult

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

If you don't believe in yourself, and you don't have the fortitude to make that dream happen, why should the hotshots in…

— 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

Every year I tell myself that I'm not going to read any reviews and then I do. We're all human and when…

— Jodi Picoult

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

— Jodi Picoult

All writers start with a layer of truth, don't they? If not, their stories would be nothing but spools of cotton candy,…

— 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

I don't want to tell people what to think. I'm the least qualified person in the world for that. If I'd go…

— 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

Stupid English." "English isn't stupid," I say. "Well, my English teacher is." He makes a face. "Mr. Franklin assigned an essay about…

— Jodi Picoult

There's that unwritten schism that literary writers get all the awards and commericals writers get all the success.

— Jodi Picoult

I try really hard to ask people to take a look at their bookshelves. Are there female writers on it? Gay writers?…

— Jodi Picoult

The question I hate the most is "How did you DO it - write novels and raise your children simultaneously!" I mean,…

— Jodi Picoult

I don't have to live the lives of my characters to write about them. It's about really putting yourself in their shoes.

— Jodi Picoult

I never lose sight of the fact that before I was a writer, I was a teacher. I still am. My classroom's…

— Jodi Picoult

“Writing is successful schizophrenia because I’m paid to hear voices in my head.”

— Jodi Picoult

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

— 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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I don't write the same book over and over - I think if I did that, I would stop writing. I couldn't…

— Jodi Picoult

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

— Jodi Picoult

“For the narrative to exist, so that it could be read and reread even if I was taken away. Stories outlive their…

— Jodi Picoult

The weapons an author has at her disposal are flawed. There are words that feel shapeless and overused. Love, for example. I…

— 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

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

— Jodi Picoult

I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three…

— Jodi Picoult

I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they…

— Jodi Picoult