Monique B.

Monique B. asked Elizabeth Gilbert:

Hi Elizabeth, if you had an advice for your 20 years old self what would it be? and when did you know writing was what you wanted to do?

Elizabeth Gilbert My twenty-something self would not have listened, but I would tell myself to stay away from romantic entanglements. As for writing, I cannot remember a time before I wanted to be a writer. It's the only thing I ever desired, and I've poured my heart and soul into it since I was in my early teens.

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A Goodreads user

A Goodreads user asked Elizabeth Gilbert:

Dear Elizabeth, I have read 3 of your books(Eat,pray,love, Commited and lately I read The signature of all things). Your style of writing is so amazing, so versatile and your books are a pure delight. It is as if you are writing for everbody and nobody in particular in the same time. My q is:What would you recommend to a young woman who is unsuccessfully searching for a job since she finished uni 2 yrs ago? Thank you!

Susan Sharp

Susan Sharp asked Elizabeth Gilbert:

Do you have any tension, as a memoirist, writing intimate, fictional characters like Alma Whittaker? I'm wondering if you have to struggle NOT to insert yourself into the thoughts of your fictional characters or if fiction and biography are different writing muscles that you deploy at different times.

Mimi Teller

Mimi Teller asked Elizabeth Gilbert:

Dearest Ms Gilbert, what, if any, is your daily or routined writing regiment.... early AM? Specific place? Just curious what, where and when inspires you. Thank you! Mimi Teller, Redondo Beach CA

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