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Jen Lancaster Quotes

I think people tend to be very myopic and they don’t understand how their actions impact others.

– Jen Lancaster

If I were to run for president, then people would debate the pros and cons of what’s wrong with me in increasingly aggressive 140 character tweets and Facebook status updates, and, inevitably, everyone would end up fighting.

– Jen Lancaster

I had been terrified of Halloween my entire adult life. Loved it as a kid, but the minute I got out of college, there were little kids at my door demanding candy, which, No. 1, I couldn’t afford, and, No. 2, if I had candy, it would be mine.

– Jen Lancaster

As a reader, I notice political views regardless of whether or not the book is fiction. What annoys me is when said views do nothing to advance the narrative.

– Jen Lancaster

Asking me to choose between a traditional book and a Kindle is like asking me which of my dogs I love most.

– Jen Lancaster

We all know exactly what we love, and woe is you if you’re on the other side.

– Jen Lancaster

I’m doing a lot more handmade gifts. When I go to a party, I cook whatever it is I need to bring instead of just grabbing a bottle of wine.

– Jen Lancaster

Humor’s an excellent way to make a point more palatable and/or relatable.

– Jen Lancaster

For me, my party views don’t advance my narrative. Until I can find a way to write political satire like my idols Christopher Buckley or P.J. O’Rourke, I’ll simply say what team I play for and leave it at that.

– Jen Lancaster

You know how it’s almost impossible for kids to not say what they think? That’s me. I have to make the conscious effort to be situationally appropriate.

– Jen Lancaster

I’m a humor writer, so I don’t always present myself in the best light.

– Jen Lancaster

I believe that I have such a vanilla life. But maybe I come with a different perspective. I’m always trying to improve myself.

– Jen Lancaster

Back in early 1983, my dad was tasked with keeping unions from organizing in his company’s distribution centers. His work pulled him away from home for months on end.

– Jen Lancaster

I hesitated before buying a Kindle. I wasn’t worried that the digital reader would ruin literature as we know it. Rather, my concern centered on using an electronic device in the bathtub.

– Jen Lancaster

The Tao of Jen was very much the Tao of hiding everything that didn’t look good. The Tao of Jen is wearing a cocktail dress with underwear with holes in it. The Tao of Jen is all style and no substance.

– Jen Lancaster

I’m noticing a lot of the big bloggers who’ve posted about politics are experiencing an ugly backlash. Readers are angry because they went to the bloggers’ sites for a laugh, not a lecture. Again, it’s a question of being appropriate for the audience.

– Jen Lancaster

I never ever, ever say anything against my husband to anyone except my husband. Everyone gets in fights, and I think the natural propensity for women is, ‘Oh I want to talk to someone.’ But the minute you take what bothers you outside the bond between you and your husband, you let someone else into the relationship and that causes a wedge.

– Jen Lancaster

Our citizens never hesitate to take sides against one another, whether it’s Democrats versus Republicans, Coke drinkers opposed to Pepsi enthusiasts or Yankee loyalists against Red Sox aficionados.

– Jen Lancaster

I can clean my own house. Now, maybe a couple of times a year we have a cleaning crew come in before we have a party, but otherwise, I’m able to maintain it myself.

– Jen Lancaster

Just as I got older, I think I’ve become more and more conservative.

– Jen Lancaster

I didn’t understand the Kindle’s true value until I finished an e-book on the beach. In sixty seconds – and without benefit of pants – I had brand-new reading material at my fingertips.

– Jen Lancaster

I don’t want to limit myself as a writer. Tastes change, and I want to keep my eye on the future.

– Jen Lancaster

I didn’t want to turn into Martha Stewart. I wanted to turn into a more organized, more gracious me. And that truly has happened.

– Jen Lancaster

No one wants to friend or follow covert info about Pakistan’s nuclear policy.

– Jen Lancaster

Writing was something I always liked, but it wasn’t a career until I was laid off from my executive position in my 30s. I started a website because I was bored, unemployed and angry.

– Jen Lancaster

I began writing fiction when I started running out of material in my own life.

– Jen Lancaster

Expressing political opinion can be a powerful way to establish a character’s voice when writing fiction.

– Jen Lancaster

Once I was unemployed and didn’t have money, you can’t just go to dinner. The onus is on you to learn to cook… I learned how important the right equipment is.

– Jen Lancaster

When I got laid off, I would write my friends these 15-page-long emails. This was before people had personal emails, and my friends would tell me that I was going to get them fired if I kept sending them stuff, so I started a website.

– Jen Lancaster

I’m very detail oriented. I think that’s why people enjoy my memoirs – because I tend to remember everything.

– Jen Lancaster

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