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You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.

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Adriana Trigiani
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
Author
Film Director
Novelist
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Love
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Themes
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Ordinary
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Small
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Family

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I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.
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When people are filled to the brim with love, they are their most beautiful.
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Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.
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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 have held the following jobs: office temp, ticket seller in movie theatre, cook in restaurant, nanny, and phone installer at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
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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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I love actors and I love to create an environment where they feel safe to connect and thrive and try things, to fail and succeed and flourish and fly.
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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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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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There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.
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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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Maybe a first love exists to reaffirm the best parts of yourself, the choices you made when you didn't worry about the consequences. Maybe a first love exists to remind you to be brave in the moment, to stand up for your feelings, instead of shrinking back in the face of potential loneliness.
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