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" I love writing two narratives! I think concurrent storylines are my favorite way to write a book. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Book
Think
Two
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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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" 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. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Book
Experience
God
" There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
World
People
Opinions
" 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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Picture
Husband
Night
" Life is too short to be on a diet. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Life Is Too Short
Diet
Short
" 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. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Own
Joy
My Own
" 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
Me
Best
I Am
" 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. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Love
Done
Long
" 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. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Brain
Own
Ideas
" You have to know your value, demand to be respected, speak your mind, and dare to ask for what you want. I struggle with every single one of these. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Struggle
You
Value
" I went to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Massachusetts and Emerson College in Boston. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Boston
School
High School
" I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Better
Writing
Television
" It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
How
Write
Out
" 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. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Library
Gold
Story
" 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. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Lost
Days
Whole
" I'd sing all day, every day, all the time if I thought it didn't sound like dying cats. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Cats
Time
Day
" 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. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
You
Confidence
People
" 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
" You can't write about an iconic Hollywood star of the sixties without bumping up against Elizabeth Taylor. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Against
You
Without
" Sometimes you are strong, sometimes you are weak. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Sometimes
Strong
Weak
" I love reading books that can break my heart. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Break
Reading
Love
" 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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Opening
Start
Own
" My husband makes sacrifices so that I can shine. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
I Can
Makes
Shine
" 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. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Think
Small
Loving
" 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. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Book
Writing
Business
" As an author and a burgeoning screenwriter, the fact of the matter is I cannot do this alone. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Alone
Author
Matter
" You don't realize how strong you are until you have to help someone else stand up. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Stand
You
Up
" I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Future
Small
Been
" I was obsessed with Hollywood from the time I was a kid. I always knew I wanted to live in Los Angeles. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Live
Hollywood
Los Angeles
" When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Ever
Kid
Wanted