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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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Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
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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 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 let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
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I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it.
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I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
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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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It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.
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I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.
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money does not guarantee happiness or peace of mind, it can take your mind off things, distract you, but it can't replace the generic stuff a person needs!
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My stories are character driven.
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Back then I confused passions and orgasms with love. It look me years to realize the two weren't synonymous.
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Cruising the Internet doesn't count as writing. Neither does answering e-mail. Before you check Twitter & FB and do other similar tasks that get in the way of writing, write first. (I really need to take my own advice here!)
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What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.
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The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.
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People like to run their mouths.
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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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Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.
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