Author: Meg Wolitzer

Quotes

People say, write what you know, but it's really, write about what obsesses you. Write about what you're thinking about all the time.

People say, write what you know, but it's really, write about what obsesses you. Write about what you're thinking about all the time.

- Meg Wolitzer

In 'The Interestings' I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.

In 'The Interestings' I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.

- Meg Wolitzer

I'm not particularly good at doodling. I'll doodle the same face over and over again.

I'm not particularly good at doodling. I'll doodle the same face over and over again.

- Meg Wolitzer

I think listening to music from your youth is as powerful as a scent passed beneath your nose.

I think listening to music from your youth is as powerful as a scent passed beneath your nose.

- Meg Wolitzer

I'm really interested in women of different generations... I think there is no one female experience.

I'm really interested in women of different generations... I think there is no one female experience.

- Meg Wolitzer

I love guacamole and think about it a lot when I'm supposed to be thinking about language.

I love guacamole and think about it a lot when I'm supposed to be thinking about language.

- Meg Wolitzer

Novels can be a snapshot of a moment in time, or several moments in time, and as a reader, that's what I really like, and as a writer, it's what I'm drawn to also.

Novels can be a snapshot of a moment in time, or several moments in time, and as a reader, that's what I really like, and as a writer, it's what I'm drawn to also.

- Meg Wolitzer

We all would love the idea of people getting what's coming to them in books and in life, but sometimes the trajectory is a little more complicated than that.

We all would love the idea of people getting what's coming to them in books and in life, but sometimes the trajectory is a little more complicated than that.

- Meg Wolitzer

Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.

Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.

- Meg Wolitzer

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