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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" Why did I elope with my husband after knowing him for only four months? I wish I could show people the picture of the two of us that night and have them feel what I felt. But it's just a picture. It can only capture how things looked, not how they felt. "

" 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. "

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

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" 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

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" I was obsessed with Hollywood from the time I was a kid. I always knew I wanted to live in Los Angeles. "

" You can't write about an iconic Hollywood star of the sixties without bumping up against Elizabeth Taylor. "

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

" 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 love reading books that can break my heart. "

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

" There is nothing quite like having your book read and truly understood. It's all the better when it's someone who knows how to go out there and sell it. "

" My husband makes sacrifices so that I can shine. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I wrote my first book, I was too scared to find out how people got books published. I was convinced that you needed some sort of magical potion that I didn't have. "

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

" 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 worked in feature film casting right out of college and spent a lot of time working with actors, directors, and producers. "

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

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

" As an author, I had spent years writing my stories on my own in a quiet room. My ideas traveled from my brain to my fingers, executed exactly as I saw fit, never veering from my own intent. TV simply doesn't work that way. "

" Life is too short to be on a diet. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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