“I do want to say the process of writing a novel is riddled with self-d...” — Meg Wolitzer Quote

“I do want to say the process of writing a novel is riddled with self-doubt and self-loathing.”

“'Charlotte's Web,' which I read sitting on my mother's lap, was the most emotional experience: that was when I made the leap from seeing how to untangle words to realizing how books both contain and convey strong feelings.”

“'Pleasure' is a word I think about a lot, as opposed to 'entertainment.' They are very, very different.”

“What I'm definitely against is the plodding, paint-by-numbers 19th-century-style novel that's still being written today. I just don't understand why you'd read or write that in 2011.”

“Movies are about people; there're not about ideas. It's like great novels. Great novels are not about ideas. There's never been a great novel about ideas.”

“I only published my first novel at the age of 40. Till then, I wrote short stories.”