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“Read a ton. Take a workshop course so you learn to give and get criticism.”

Quote by Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult is an American best-selling author known for her emotionally rich and engaging novels. Her works often revolve around family, legal, and moral dilemmas, and are highly appreciated by readers. more

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“I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business of publishing with them.”

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“Most people in America want an easy read. I call it McFiction - books which pass right through you without you even digesting them. I don't mean a book that has two-syllable words. I mean chapters you can read in a toilet break. Happy endings. We are more of a TV culture.”

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“Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy that. It's a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don't. Every day I sit down and write.”

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“I am an activist. I have a really big pulpit with my fiction and I love knowing that I can make people think.”

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“Many of my books come from what if questions that I can't answer, things that I'm worried about as either a woman, a wife, a mom, an American.”

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“My first job was as an assistant in the local library. Self fulfilling prophecy?”

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“When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular, I think of Dickens.”

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“I'm the kind of person you want to kill. I had an incredibly happy childhood. I married a terrific guy when I was 23. I have great, well-adjusted kids. Sometimes my husband and I look at each other and do a little jig in the kitchen. This is the best life.”

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“For me it's more important that I outline all the facets of a controversial issue and let the reader make up his or her mind. I don't care if readers change their minds, but I would like readers to ask themselves why their opinion is what it is.”

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“I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves me free to create all of this and to enjoy our family life, stepping away from all the fictional traumas and the dramas. If I write about family in crisis, then I won't have to live through it, I guess.”

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