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" I don't think I'm capable of writing without caffeine. And most of the time, that caffeine comes from iced tea. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
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" You don't realize how strong you are until you have to help someone else stand up. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Life is too short to be on a diet. "
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" I worked in feature film casting right out of college and spent a lot of time working with actors, directors, and producers. "
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" 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. "
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" I went to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Massachusetts and Emerson College in Boston. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" As an author and a burgeoning screenwriter, the fact of the matter is I cannot do this alone. "
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" 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. "
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" Sometimes you are strong, sometimes you are weak. "
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" I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future. "
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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. "
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" I love reading books that can break my heart. "
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" I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each. "
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" I love being a writer so much that I almost can't believe that I am one. "
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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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" I am so fortunate to know people who have believed in me and been there for me in my very best and worst moments. "
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