Quote

Part of being a writer is defending your vision and not caving in to outside pressures.

Jennifer Crusie

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jennifer Crusie
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: September 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Part
Caving
Pressures
Defending
Pressure
Outside
Writer
Vision

More quotes by Jennifer Crusie

Image
Can we go to work now? Because we're about a minute away from breaking out the ice cream and talking about our feelings, and I don't think we can come back from that.
Jennifer Crusie
Image
Dead woman are not romantic,' Sophie said flatly. 'Okay, she's not dead,' Phin said. 'The bear ate her, and she came her brains out.
Jennifer Crusie
Image
Of course it hurt you neanderthal! See that? Thats blood. If theres blood, theres pain. Its like smoke and fire.
Jennifer Crusie
Image
Breasts are very important for women. Their clothes just don't hang right without them.
Jennifer Crusie
Image
Have you talked to North? he said. Yes, she said. I asked him to get us cable. I wish you weren't talking to him. I'd talk to Satan to get cable, Andie said.
Jennifer Crusie
Image
It's a good thing he broke up with you because now you're free for when the right man finds you. Your prince is on his way. Right. I'm sure he was on his way but a truck hit him.
Jennifer Crusie
Image
That’s not a father. That’s a sperm donor. Forget him. He’s a mess. Concentrate on me. I’m terrific. (Linc Blaise)
Jennifer Crusie
Image
You know who you remind me of? The kid cop in Lethal Weapon 3. You know, the one who says, 'it's my twenty-first birthday today', and right away you know he's dead meat?
Jennifer Crusie
Image
Where were all the women gamblers? It wasn't as if being a woman wasn't a huge risk all by itself. Twenty-eight percent of female homocide victims were killed by husbands or lovers. Which, come to think of it, was probably why there weren't any women gamblers. Living with men was enough of a gamble.
Jennifer Crusie
Image
This is making me crazy. I hate relying on other people to save me, I hate being clingy, I hate it, and every time you show up, I lean on you. - Matilda Scarlet Veronica Betty Vilma Goodnight
Jennifer Crusie
Image
Trying to seduce Alec at all was a waste of time he came preseduced anyway. Like a microwave entrée. You pressed his buttons, and he got hot.
Jennifer Crusie
Image
Broaden your horizons. They're the only ones you'll ever have, so make the suckers as wide as possible.
Jennifer Crusie
Image
The measuring and mixing always smoothed out her thinking processes - nothing was as calming as creaming butter - and when the kitchen was warm from the oven overheating and the smell of baking chocolate, she took final stock of where she'd been and where she was going. Everything was fine.
Jennifer Crusie
Image
Zach had brought her a dog.
Jennifer Crusie
Image
What i'm trying to tell you, Min said, is that im going to grow up to be one of those chubby old ladies. It's in my genes. Like self raising flour. i'm going to pouf. thats going to work out well for me, Cal said. because i'm going to grow up to be one of those horny old men who chases chubby old ladies around the couch.
Jennifer Crusie
Image
Real life doesn't have to suck.
Jennifer Crusie
Image
she was just…beaming at me, and I thought she’d won the lottery or something, her smile was that big. I asked what happened, and she said…” Park swallowed again. “She said, ‘You’re here.”’ He blinked at Tess. “‘You’re here.’ That’s all it was. That big goofy smile just because I was there. Nobody ever smiled like that at me before.
Jennifer Crusie
Image
If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible warning. -Gwen Goodnight
Jennifer Crusie
Image
A bar would not be a good career move for you.
Jennifer Crusie
Image
Once you know the truth, it's always obvious
Jennifer Crusie