Every mother I've ever met, pretty much without exception, is doing the best job she can ever do.

Women are far and away the bigger consumers of fiction than men, but men are still far and away the more reviewed, the more critically esteemed, the more respected. That can get frustrating.

I wonder if novels work for women because they give us a safe place to talk about our ish.

I love it when people ask if Jennifer Weiner is a pen name. Um, if I wanted a pen name I could have done a LOT better than this!

I'm so glad that social media gives me a chance to do that, to celebrate books I love and help proselytize for books I love.

I don't like futons. They can't commit. I'm a bed! I'm a couch! I'm a bed! I'm a couch!

This is motherhood for you,' said my own mother. 'Going through life with your heart outside your body.