“When I wrote 'The Interestings,' I wanted to let time unspool, to give...” — Meg Wolitzer Quote

“When I wrote 'The Interestings,' I wanted to let time unspool, to give the book the feeling of time passing. I had to allow myself the freedom to move back and forth in time freely, and to trust that readers would accept this.”

“I'm really interested in women of different generations... I think there is no one female experience.”

“As a novelist, I feel lucky that I can traffic in nuance. I'm more interested in looking at how things change over time, at how people try and sometimes fail to make meaning out of their lives.”

“Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information.”

“I like doing a lot of research, and then you get there, you're in wardrobe, and then you're just reacting to what the other person is doing. The other actor is reacting to what you're doing, and it's this great back and forth. Because you've done all this research, you can use some of it or throw a lot of it out. You can get lost in it.”

“When you are not in power for 20 years and several leaders are in the race, it is tough to put forth one face. The most important things are our policies and principles.”