Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult
Jodi Lynn Picoultis an American author. She was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. Picoult currently has approximately 14 million copies of her books in print worldwide...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth19 May 1966
CountryUnited States of America
admit funny hear knowing less somehow vengeance words
Vengeance was a funny thing: You wanted the satisfaction of knowing it had occurred, but you never wanted to actually hear the words out loud, because then you'd have to admit to yourself that you'd wanted proof, and that somehow made you baser, less civilized.
above case computer five issues letters pictures shelf spell wrote
On a shelf above my computer are five letters that spell out W-R-I-T-E. Just in case I forget why I'm there. I also have 'Wonder Woman' paraphernalia from when I wrote five issues of the comic, and pictures of my husband and kids.
deserves points readers represent
I think the reason these readers come back to me is because I represent their points of view. It may not be my point of view, but that's OK. Everyone still deserves to have their say.
absolutely decide force scrap sure written
When you're stuck, and sure you've written absolutely garbage, force yourself to finish and then decide to fix or scrap it - or you will never know if you can.
acne admit bum cynical deals defense given hope kept might sound spite
Hope was a pathological part of puberty, like acne and surging hormones. You might sound cynical to the world, but that was just a defense mechanism, cover-up coating a zit, because it was too embarrassing to admit that in spite of the bum deals you kept getting, you hadn't completely given up.
unattainable
love doesn't follow the rules... nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable.
tongue forget tattooed
After all, how many of us had tried to forget something traumatic...only to find it printed on the back of our eyelids, tattooed on our tongues?
succeed desperate nothing-to-lose
The desperate usually succeed because they have nothing to lose.
my-sister ends
In the end, though, I did not kill my sister. She did it all on her own. Or at least this is what I tell myself.
persons happened
What she couldn't put into word was what had happened in between to change her from one person into the other
over-it get-over
You get through it, you just never get over it
fake-friends happened
You always knew after shitty things happened, who your friends really were.