Quote by Jodi Picoult

Even though I don't write about things that come from my life because I'm lucky, and I live in a great place with great kids and, you know, a great husband, I think you can find threads of me in the characters, so that's really what being a writer is, probably.

Even though I don't write about things that come from my lif

Summary

This quote expresses the idea that even though the writer's personal life may not directly shape the content they create, traces of their own experiences and emotions can still be found in their writing. The writer acknowledges their fortunate circumstances and suggests that the essence of being a writer lies in weaving bits of oneself into the characters and narratives that they create. This implies that storytelling is a means for writers to channel their own perspectives and connect with readers on a deeper level.

Topics

Life Character Places

By Jodi Picoult

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

I wish I had coined the phrase 'tyranny of choice,' but some

I wish I had coined the phrase 'tyranny of choice,' but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have an abundance of options does not make you feel privileged and indulged too many options make you feel like all of them are wrong, and that you are wrong if you choose any of them.

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw str

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes.Home plate don't move.

It's a wonderful side effect of what we're doing, to give so

It's a wonderful side effect of what we're doing, to give someone the strength to come out of the closet to their family, or simply present themselves aesthetically in a way they feel happy with, whether or not their friends are going to be allowed to like them anymore.

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

It's easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go

It's easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it's easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

This is the true joy in life - being used for a purpose reco

This is the true joy in life - being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.

George Bernard Shaw

Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter

Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One must eat muffins quite calmly, it is the only way to eat them.

Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very

Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust.

Most of us are conditioned for many years to have a politica

Most of us are conditioned for many years to have a political viewpoint -- Republican or Democratic, liberal, conservative, or moderate. The fact of the matter is that most of the problems that we now face are technical problems, are administrative problems. They are very sophisticated judgments, which do not lend themselves to the great sort of passionate movements which have stirred this country so often in the past. They deal with questions which are now beyond the comprehension of most men.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Why now? Why not? Live or die, a man and a woman need love.

Why now? Why not? Live or die, a man and a woman need love. There is a need in the race. We need to share. To belong. Perhaps you will die before the year is out. But remember this: to have may be taken from you, to have had never. Far better to have tasted love before dying, than to die alone.

Love Need Belonging

One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as

One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced. In a world that has long been terrorized by fratricidal Sky-God religions, the ascendance of Buddhism would surely be a welcome development.

Wisdom Life Religion Tradition