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Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
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Port Huron
Michigan
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We never thought some guy would deliberately fill our hearts with brown sugar and then pour hot water all over it.
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Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
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I was tired of chasing ghosts, hollow men who were outside my comfort zone, men who had nothing to give me except a rush. It was all I asked for, and all I ever got.
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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.
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I just believe that young people need to be able to learn how to write in their own voice. Just like a musician, you pride yourself on having your own distinct sound.
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I love writing in first person more than third. I have to basically suspend my own world. I don't exist. I'm just a conduit. So I can be eight years old. I can be the mother of a kid that you find out certain things I'm not going to say.
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My stories are character driven.
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Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.
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I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
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I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.
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Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.
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Parents can ruin children, and sometimes that's a learned behavior. Sometimes you can't blame your parents for it, sometimes you can. I think to me, that's what the whole paradox is, is people that have children that don't even know how to raise them.
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I'm not trying to be a middle aged centerfold, I just want to look at myself naked and not be disgusted.
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People like to run their mouths.
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I also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!
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I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.
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I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.
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You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.
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People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.
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