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!

Tell the story that's been growing in your heart, the characters you can't keep out of your head, the tale story that speaks to you, that pops into your head during your daily commute, that wakes you up in the morning.

I don't particularly like being angry about stuff. I'd rather hang out with my daughter and write my little books.

My publisher feels that my readers are loyal to the voice of my stories, the characters I'm creating.

Read everything. Read fiction and non-fiction, read hot best sellers and the classics you never got around to in college.

Whenever people with money have power over people with less money, you have the potential for exploitation.

It's like if a young woman writes it, then it's chick lit. We don't care if she's slaying vampires or working as a nanny or living in Philadelphia. It's chick lit, so who cares? You know what we call what men write? Books.