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Books Quotes by Jodi Picoult
- In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises.
- I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write these books, is…
- I think many of my books, including 'Handle with Care,' including 'My Sister's Keeper,' circle back to how far are we willing to go for…
- The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same…
- Most people in America want an easy read. I call it McFiction - books which pass right through you without you even digesting them. I…
- Many of my books come from what if questions that I can't answer, things that I'm worried about as either a woman, a wife, a…
- I had absolutely no trauma in my childhood. If anyone ever assumed that my books were autobiographical, they'd be sorely disappointed, because none of these…
- I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three million copies in…
- When she wanted to escape her life, she read books
- May I ask you something?" I say. "Why do you read books, when you could be outside, living a million different adventures every day?" "Because…
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- I know that some books and some writers, you can pretty much draw a square around it and say, 'Nobody under 40,'… — Margaret Atwood
- You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's always just one person encountering the book,… — Paul Auster