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I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Port Huron
Michigan
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I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
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I used to get a lot of letters from prisoners. It used to get on my nerves. Especially family members. Everybody's innocent.
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