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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. "

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Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Small

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" 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. "

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

" 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, 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. "

" I love being a writer so much that I almost can't believe that I am one. "

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Believe

Love

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

" 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. "

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

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Stand

You

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

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

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

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

" 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 love writing two narratives! I think concurrent storylines are my favorite way to write a book. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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