Jennifer Gilmore Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I think that when the world feels safe and secure, we probably feel more that way in our personal lives. What goes on in the world affects us, unequivocally.”

“As writers, we don't just need to write about poverty or war or the immigrant experience.”

“History releases me from my own experience and jogs my fictional imagination.”

“I feel sometimes like a book tour is a slow series of humiliations and that if you're strong you'll come out of it OK.”

“I find I have to touch what I am working on every day, or a deep-seated dread kicks in that is very hard to overcome.”

“I really don't feel that writing is therapy.”

“Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.”

“While I am very much Jewish 'identified,' I'm not a very religious person.”

“I couldn't really experience being an author when I was still working in publishing - I was trying to negotiate being both. Sometimes the knowledge doesn't translate between the two roles.”

“My father is an economist who specialized in foreign food policy, and my mother worked for AID, a branch of the State Department, so food in regards to world affairs was talked about a lot.”