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Jillian Medoff, born in 1963, is an accomplished writer whose works span various genres, including novels, plays, and poetry. Renowned for her insightful observations and unique narrative style, Medoff's works often delve into themes of family, identity, and gender.

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“And the truth is, sometimes my sisters and I do get jealous, and sometimes we do say things to-and about-one another that are thoughtless and rude. We don't meant them, though. It's just whenever we're together, we slip into our old familiar roles.”

Book:I Couldn't Love You More

Source: I Couldn't Love You More

“My entire life has been centered around my writing, and by that I mean finding the time to write.”

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Author:Jillian Medoff

“There's constant drama, and I'm busy, busy, but at the center of the madness is the desire to write, the need to write. That desire, that need, is as palpable and relentless as any junkie's craving, and will possess me all day until I can park myself in a chair and do my work.”

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“I love it, I hate it, it's ecstasy when I'm writing well, it's despair when I'm not. I wouldn't wish this life on anyone, nor would I, could I, ever give it up.”

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“I've always been a writer who tackles complex themes and risky subjects - I write about the things that people think but never say aloud.”

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“If a book has a predictable storyline or familiar situations, there's little satisfaction for me in writing it. A woman deciding which man she'll spend her life with? I've read that story a million times, but a stepmother deciding which of her children she'll save in a freak accident? Now that's a challenge.”

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Author:Jillian Medoff

“I think there's an unnatural amount of social pressure on women, particularly mothers, to conform to certain standards of behavior, particularly in regard to our children.”

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Author:Jillian Medoff

“To be perfectly frank: I don't write women's fiction. I write intimate, gritty, realistic, character-driven fiction that happens to be thrown into the women's fiction category.”

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Author:Jillian Medoff

“As a writer who happens to be a woman, I am constantly devalued - even by other writers who happen to be women - simply because of a marketing decision. Am I truly less talented, less audacious, less erudite, less brave than my more quote-unquote literary colleagues?”

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Author:Jillian Medoff

“What I like to do and what I have to do are two separate things. I like to read, swim, watch TV, spend time with my family. But I have to work, so I do that.”

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Author:Jillian Medoff

“My novels are never truly finished, even if they're published and sitting on the shelf. While I may no longer be interested in spending time with that particular set of characters, I can't help but think about all the ways the book could be different, the small, insignificant tweaks that no one but me would ever notice.”

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“Part of what compels me to write day after day, chapter after chapter, is the discovery process, seeing the characters evolve as I get deeper and deeper into the story.”

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“To be honest, I want readers to be wrung out. As a novelist, I don't have a political agenda or specific philosophy; I'm trying to create a gut-wrenching, intimate, memorable experience.”

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Author:Jillian Medoff

“I hope I'll keep people up at night, unable to stop turning pages. That's my goal: exhausted, emotionally drained readers who can't stop crying.”

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Author:Jillian Medoff

“My only relief is to sleep. When I'm sleeping, I'm not sad, I'm not angry, I'm not lonely, I'm nothing.”

Sleep Lonely Angry Relief Life And Love

Book:Hunger Point: A Novel

Source: Hunger Point: A Novel

“Sometimes you have to say, 'Today's just not my day.”

Sometimes Today

Book:Hunger Point: A Novel

Source: Hunger Point: A Novel

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Born: 1963
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 16

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