Jennifer Weiner
Jennifer Weiner
Jennifer Weiner is an American writer, television producer, and former journalist. She is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 March 1970
CityDe Ridder, LA
CountryUnited States of America
divorce
I have the best divorce of anyone I've heard of.
nice
There's nothing wrong with keeping your mouth shut if you don't have anything nice to say.
daughter kids people
We dated in our early 20s, when we were working at the same newspaper. We broke up, got back together and broke up again. I wanted to get married and have kids, but he wasn't ready. So I married someone else, had my daughters and the marriage ended ... and there was Bill. He'd never gotten married and was finally, finally ready. We discovered that we were still each other's favorite people to talk to.
growing-up realizing moments
I have these "pinch me" moments when I realize I got to be the thing I wanted to be growing up. I'm right where I belong.
daughter responsibility thinking
I think it has as much to do with honoring my own voice as it does with feeling a responsibility to my readers or my daughters.
gets interested money tremendous
I've always been interested in the economics of reproduction, who gets what they want when it comes to childbearing and how these days, money is a tremendous advantage.
morning character heart
Tell the story that's been growing in your heart, the characters you can't keep out of your head, the tale story that speaks to you, that pops into your head during your daily commute, that wakes you up in the morning.
tunes three trouble
I can carry a tune with a three-note range. Once I'm out of that range, I'm in trouble.
nice writing tuesday
There's something really nice about writing something on Wednesday and watching it being performed live for a studio audience on Tuesday. You never really get that with novels.
dad writing men
People say I'm not good at writing about men. My dad left when I was 16. Give me a break. I'm doing the best I can.
long singers would-be
Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to stand in the back and go like 'do, do, do.
dog stupid sound
The condom broke. I know how stupid that sounds. It's the reproductive version of the dog ate my homework.
rocks machines coke
They say - "they" being the great philosophers, or possibly the cast of Seinfeld - that breaking up is like pushing over a Coke machine. You can't just do it, you have to set the thing in motion, rock it back and forth a few times.
dog thinking animal
I think every person who is single should have a dog. I think the government should step in and intervene: If you're not married or coupled up, whether you've been dumped or divorced or widowed or whatever, they should require you to proceed immediately to the pound nearest you and select an animal companion.