I try to have something in common with my protagonists, especially when I'm writing in the first person. — Emily Giffin First Copy Share Image
I think exercise is critical to my writing and an essential way to recharge. — Emily Giffin Critical Copy Share Image
“Grab his penis like this, and I guarantee, it’s a done deal.” — Emily Giffin Negotiation 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… — Emily Giffin Hope 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… — Emily Giffin Asking 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… — Emily Giffin Bittersweet Copy Share Image
“You can never be too sure when it comes to things that matter most” — Emily Giffin Things that matter 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… — Emily Giffin Friendship 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.… — Emily Giffin Relationship Copy Share Image
I always find something in common with my protagonist, particularly when I write in the first person. — Emily Giffin Common 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,… — Emily Giffin Long Copy Share Image
i wish i could freeze this moment, somehow delay my final decision, and just hang here in the balance between two places,… — Emily Giffin Balance Copy Share Image
I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters. — Emily Giffin Character Copy Share Image
“never had a good gut feeling. It wasn’t so much that I didn’t have faith in my team, but that I maintained… — Emily Giffin Gut feeling Copy Share Image
I'm a huge Elizabeth Berg fan. Her novels are always charming, thoughtful, and filled with lively, three-dimensional characters. — Emily Giffin Always Copy Share Image
Instead of relief or gratitude, more guilt washes over me. Andy's certainly not faultless - no one ever is in a marriage — Emily Giffin Gratitude Copy Share Image
Life's not black-and-white. Sometimes the ends justifies the means. — Emily Giffin Black Copy Share Image
'Something Borrowed' was initially titled 'Rolling the Dice,' but my editor said it sounded like a men's gambling memoir. — Emily Giffin Dice Copy Share Image
When you are in a relationship, you are aware that it might end. You might grow apart, find someone else, simply fall… — Emily Giffin Assuming Copy Share Image
I don’t know. She was a sweet girl. As sweet as they come. I don’t know why I didn’t love her. It’s… — Emily Giffin Girl Copy Share Image
I think of how life takes unexpected twists and turns, sometimes through sheer happenstance, sometimes through calculated decisions. In the end, it… — Emily Giffin Decision Copy Share Image
“Still, I don't like his use of the word fine. I want to be better than fine.” — Emily Giffin Language Copy Share Image
