The generation that had information, but no context. Butter, but no bread. Craving, but no longing.
Meg WolitzerThe only option for a creative person was constant motionโa lifetime of busy whirligigging in a generally forward direction, until you couldnโt do it any longer.
Meg WolitzerTo be anorexic...she thought, amounted to wanting to shed yourself of some of the imperfect mosaic of pieces that made you who you were. She could understand that now for, maybe underneath that desquamated self you would locate a new version.
Meg WolitzerObjectifying your own novel while writing it never really helps. Instead, I guess while you're writing you need to think: This is the novel I want to write. And when you're done you need to think: This is what the novel I wanted to write feels like and reads like and looks like. Other people might call it sweeping or small, but it's the book you chose.
Meg Wolitzer