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Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback. ↗

— Len Wein

#complete #even #failures #feedback #finished

When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes. ↗

— Len Wein

#begin #between #changes #difference #draft

When someone writes to tell me something I've written made them laugh or cry, I've done my job and done it well. The rest is all semantics. ↗

— Len Wein

#done #i #job #laugh #made

The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability to make yourself work at your craft, every day - the belief, even in the face of obstacles, that you've got something worth saying. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#actually #belief #believe #between #books

I don't particularly like being angry about stuff. I'd rather hang out with my daughter and write my little books. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#angry #being #books #daughter #hang

I don't write literary fiction - I write books that are entertaining, but are also, I hope, well-constructed and thoughtful and funny and have things to say about men and women and families and children and life in America today. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#also #america #books #children #entertaining

I get really starstruck and tongue tied when I'm around other writers and the conversation tends not to go well. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#conversation #get #go #i #other

I sometimes read about authors who say they require a perfectly silent room maintained at precisely 68 degrees, with trash bags taped over the windows and a white-noise machine in the corner to write, and I think, 'Who are these people, and do any of them have kids?' ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#any #authors #bags #corner #degrees

If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#horror #men #might #mysteries #notice

My book sales make 'real writers' possible. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#make #possible #real #sales #writers