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" I came across 'The Song of Achilles' by Madeline Miller in one of the most romantic ways one can find a story. I was digging through a pile of used books at my local library when my hand gravitated toward its brilliant teal and glistening gold cover. "

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" Starting with 'Forever, Interrupted,' I somehow convinced myself that in order to create content, I had to consume content. What this means is that I have legitimized binge-watching television and told myself that I must do it for work. "

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Create

Myself

Order

" I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet. "

" I went to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Massachusetts and Emerson College in Boston. "

" I don't think I'm capable of writing without caffeine. And most of the time, that caffeine comes from iced tea. "

" Think both big and small. Loving to bake doesn't only mean becoming a baker. It could mean starting a blog, becoming a food photographer, or going into organic chemistry. "

" Some days, I'll tell you that everything in life was meant to be and that there is an order to the universe. Other days, I'm convinced it's all a combination of luck and opportunity. "

" I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each. "

" I'd sing all day, every day, all the time if I thought it didn't sound like dying cats. "

" It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution. "

" I am so fortunate to know people who have believed in me and been there for me in my very best and worst moments. "

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Best

I Am

" I am constantly distracted by my own brain when I've completed a paragraph, realized I don't know what comes next, and start opening a browser tab without even realizing it. "

" There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world. "

" I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don't even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking. "

" You don't realize how strong you are until you have to help someone else stand up. "

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Stand

You

" Sometimes you are strong, sometimes you are weak. "

" I've always thought that a good book should be either the entry point inward, to learn about yourself, or a door outward, to open you up to new worlds. "

" When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous. "

" When my husband and I first got married, I was so shocked at my own level of joy that I was convinced it was all going to come crashing down. "

" Selling a film option and getting a studio on board can be a slow process, and until things are official, you never want to spill the beans. "

" I have often lost whole days jumping from one Wikipedia article after another in an attempt to understand the full scope of marriage as an institution. "

" Notice the times in your life when you go above and beyond simply because you care so much. "

" I am methodical about my email inbox, and I always have a physical to-do list. Without those two things, I think I'd lose my mind. "

" I love reading books that can break my heart. "

" Writing for TV entails saying every dumb idea that comes into your head to a room of people. And doing so with the confidence that it doesn't make you look like an idiot. "

" As an author and a burgeoning screenwriter, the fact of the matter is I cannot do this alone. "

" We often compare the experience of writing a book to that of playing God. It is up to us, and only us, to determine what happens to the people we invent. It is for us alone to determine what is good and bad, just and unjust, appropriate and inappropriate for the worlds we create. I love that about writing books. "

" I had moved across the country, taken internships, networked, worked long hours, and called in favors to get there. And I had done it. I was working in Hollywood. So imagine the melancholy I found myself in when I realized that I didn't love casting the way that I always thought I would. "

" I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project. "

" My passion is capturing what it feels like to love, be it romantic or otherwise. I love to watch two people realize what they meant for each other - and that goes across all media, books, TV, movies, personal essays; everything. "

" I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future. "