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I think this is every mother's worst nightmare - something dreadful happening to her child.

I think this is every mother's worst nightmare - something dreadful happening to her child.

Jodi Picoult
Mother, Children, Thinking
Source: www.canadianliving.com

A lot of the hallmark behaviors of autism - flat affect, stimming, not looking someone in the eye - could very easily be misinterpreted as signs of guilt.

Jodi Picoult
Eye, Autism, Guilt
Simon & Schuster Interview, www.simonandschuster.com.

I never lose sight of the fact that before I was a writer, I was a teacher. I still am. My classroom's just gotten a little bigger.

Jodi Picoult
Teacher, Sight, Littles
Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.592, Simon and Schuster

Often, when the last page is turned, it will haunt you.

Jodi Picoult
Pages, Lasts
Source: www.wbur.org

Sometimes when you find something you didn't really realize you were looking for, you just don't know how to react.

Jodi Picoult
Sometimes, Realizing, Know How
"Thinking a Little Harder". Interview with Nikki Tranter, www.popmatters.com. May 4, 2005.

If you don't believe in yourself, and you don't have the fortitude to make that dream happen, why should the hotshots in the publishing world take a chance on you? I don't believe that you need an MFA to be a writer, but I do think you need to take some good workshops.

Jodi Picoult
Dream, Believe, Thinking
FAQs, www.jodipicoult.com. August 2016.

The way I challenge myself is by writing something that really engages me, that doesn't have an easy answer, and isn't always an easy book to write.

Jodi Picoult
Book, Writing, Challenges
Source: www.goodreads.com

I think my writing has become "cleaner."

Jodi Picoult
Writing, Thinking, Cleaners
Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.592, Simon and Schuster

I don't base my books on my life (thank goodness) and I don't pick the topic first. In fact, the topic picks me - via a question I can't answer as a mom, a wife, a woman, an American. I find myself wondering "What if..." and it blossoms into a whole novel.

Jodi Picoult
Mom, Book, Ifs And
Source: www.bookclubforum.co.uk

I start by mulling a question and before I know it, a whole drama is unfolding in my head. Often, an idea sticks before I know what I'm going to do with it.

Jodi Picoult
Drama, Ideas, Sticks
FAQs, www.jodipicoult.com. August 2016.

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