Taylor Jenkins Reid Quotes

Writing for TV entails saying every dumb idea that comes into your head to a room of people. And doing so with the confidence that it doesn’t make you look like an idiot.

When my husband and I first got married, I was so shocked at my own level of joy that I was convinced it was all going to come crashing down.

As an author and a burgeoning screenwriter, the fact of the matter is I cannot do this alone.

We often compare the experience of writing a book to that of playing God. It is up to us, and only us, to determine what happens to the people we invent. It is for us alone to determine what is good and bad, just and unjust, appropriate and inappropriate for the worlds we create. I love that about writing books.

Some days, I’ll tell you that everything in life was meant to be and that there is an order to the universe. Other days, I’m convinced it’s all a combination of luck and opportunity.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don’t even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking.

You have to know your value, demand to be respected, speak your mind, and dare to ask for what you want. I struggle with every single one of these.

Life is too short to be on a diet.

Starting with ‘Forever, Interrupted,’ I somehow convinced myself that in order to create content, I had to consume content. What this means is that I have legitimized binge-watching television and told myself that I must do it for work.

Notice the times in your life when you go above and beyond simply because you care so much.

I am methodical about my email inbox, and I always have a physical to-do list. Without those two things, I think I’d lose my mind.

There is nothing quite like having your book read and truly understood. It’s all the better when it’s someone who knows how to go out there and sell it.

I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet.

Try everything with an open heart, looking to fall in love.

When I wrote my first book, I was too scared to find out how people got books published. I was convinced that you needed some sort of magical potion that I didn’t have.

I was obsessed with Hollywood from the time I was a kid. I always knew I wanted to live in Los Angeles.

I love reading books that can break my heart.

Selling a film option and getting a studio on board can be a slow process, and until things are official, you never want to spill the beans.

I am constantly distracted by my own brain when I’ve completed a paragraph, realized I don’t know what comes next, and start opening a browser tab without even realizing it.

There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world.

I love being a writer so much that I almost can’t believe that I am one.

Think both big and small. Loving to bake doesn’t only mean becoming a baker. It could mean starting a blog, becoming a food photographer, or going into organic chemistry.

I’d sing all day, every day, all the time if I thought it didn’t sound like dying cats.

Why did I elope with my husband after knowing him for only four months? I wish I could show people the picture of the two of us that night and have them feel what I felt. But it’s just a picture. It can only capture how things looked, not how they felt.

I am endlessly inspired by both the tenderness that can exist between two people and the excitement of falling in love. I’m very fortunate that I’ve been able to explore that in novels, a television show, some early development film projects, and essays about my own life.