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Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.

Adriana Trigiani

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Adriana Trigiani
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
Author
Film Director
Novelist
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Art
Life
Lifted
Soar
Follows
Makes
Spirit

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People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother's house. I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.
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Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime.
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But a child's joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son's laughter began to her heart, a feat she had never believed possible
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I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?
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But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.
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I used to believe my art had to be about the things that brought me joy and gave me hope. But I learned that art can be found in all of life, even in pain.
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This should tell you everything you need to know about guys. They only go after what they know they can get. We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap.
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Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.
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I even love the smell of books.
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When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick - she never has to wait for someone to choose her.
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Food is so important - it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun. I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven.
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I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don't be afraid to shake it up.
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I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.
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Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.
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There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better. I wish I was the kind who made up stories.
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Sometimes we get our hearts broken, only to have the right person come along to mend them.
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I began as a dramatist in the theater, so I'm always thinking about how a story moves, what it looks like, how to engage the senses, how dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what's funny, how to build distinctive and original characters - all the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.
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I have been a joy to live with all spring: Upbeat, warm and tender, uncomplicated, and loving. I am no trouble at all. You could press me into dough and make sugar cookies out of me, I've been so sweet.
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I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.
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Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat. No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.
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