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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. "

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Romantic

Passion

People

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Taylor Jenkins Reid

Believe

Love

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Try everything with an open heart, looking to fall in love. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Stand

You

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "