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I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
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Screenwriter
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Port Huron
Michigan
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Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.
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Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.
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I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
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don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!
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I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
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I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.
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