...thinking that the world was like an orange, that I could split it open with my thumbnail and find a whole different world, the grown-up world, the secrets beneath the skin.
Jennifer WeinerI was 45 when I wrote most of this book [Hungry Heart ], at what felt like a halfway point in my life, and I thought, If I can't be honest now, when will it happen? It was so hard to step away from the [protection of] fiction, but I'm ready to talk start telling their truth.
Jennifer WeinerI was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years.
Jennifer WeinerThere's nothing wrong with keeping your mouth shut if you don't have anything nice to say.
Jennifer Weiner