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Meg Wolitzer
Meg Wolitzer
American Writer
Born: May 28, 1959
About People Think Time Writing You
Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward
My being a writer and playing Scrabble are connected. If I have a good writing day, I'll take a break and play online Scrabble. My favorite word as a child was 'carrion,' before I knew what it meant. I later created crossword puzzles, which was a lot about puns, and how words would create these strange, strange things. Meg Wolitzer
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I think a lot of the dull parts of first drafts come from a kind of over-managing, intrusive writer who wants to direct traffic. The idea of taking out the parts that the reader could infer is very liberating, and it's weirdly part of radicalizing your work: it allows you to go to new places fast. Meg Wolitzer
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I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly. Meg Wolitzer
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I am a novelist through and through. Meg Wolitzer
Through Am Novelist
I sometimes feel as if ideas for a novel kind of pop up like numbers in a bingo tumbler, and then they're ready to go. Meg Wolitzer
Sometimes Kind Feel Like Ideas Ready Go Up Then Pop Novel Bingo Numbers
People say, write what you know, but it's really, write about what obsesses you. Write about what you're thinking about all the time. Meg Wolitzer
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It's hard for me to feel bad when I'm writing well. Meg Wolitzer
Me Writing Bad Feel Well Hard
I don't write autobiographically. Meg Wolitzer
Write
We all want to write the kind of book that we want to read. If you put in the things that you are thinking about and create characters who feel like they could live - at least for me, that's the way I want to write. Meg Wolitzer
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I really like to entertain myself in various ways when I'm writing. Meg Wolitzer
Myself Writing Ways Entertain Various Like Really
I love guacamole and think about it a lot when I'm supposed to be thinking about language. Meg Wolitzer
Love Language Think Thinking About Supposed Lot
I believe that sometimes, when we talk about books, we're talking about the big picture - how they're relevant. Meg Wolitzer
Sometimes Picture Big Believe Books Relevant About Talk Talking How Big Picture
Novels can be a snapshot of a moment in time, or several moments in time, and as a reader, that's what I really like, and as a writer, it's what I'm drawn to also. Meg Wolitzer
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We all would love the idea of people getting what's coming to them in books and in life, but sometimes the trajectory is a little more complicated than that. Meg Wolitzer
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As a novelist, I feel lucky that I can traffic in nuance. I'm more interested in looking at how things change over time, at how people try and sometimes fail to make meaning out of their lives. Meg Wolitzer
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I do want to say the process of writing a novel is riddled with self-doubt and self-loathing. Meg Wolitzer
Writing Say Self-Doubt Self-Loathing Want Process Riddled Novel
Some people are uncomfortable saying what they feel. Meg Wolitzer
Saying People Some People Some Uncomfortable Feel
I think my writing changed when I put 'the' in front of my titles. It had more command. Meg Wolitzer
Writing Think Changed More Had Put Command Front Titles

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