If you wish for something hard enough, the fairy tales teach us, you can get it in the end. But it's hardly ever the way you thought it would be, and the endings aren't always happy ones.
Jennifer WeinerBeing a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don't get to quit your day job.
Jennifer WeinerI also believe that if you're really a writer, you'll write, and that nobody could stop you.
Jennifer WeinerCram your head with characters and stories. Abuse your library privileges. Never stop looking at the world, and never stop reading to find out what sense other people have made of it. If people give you a hard time and tell you to get your nose out of a book, tell them you're working. Tell them it's research. Tell them to pipe down and leave you alone.
Jennifer Weiner