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Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

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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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 also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!
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Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.
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Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
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happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!
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People always have something to say about what you do and how you do 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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My stories are character driven.
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I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
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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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What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.
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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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I been saying it for years: church is full of sneaky men posing as honest souls, and they are perpetuators our here looking for women just like you, with giant holes in your hearts, and they can smell when you got a good job and when you lonely as hell.
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I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is the creator.
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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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don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!
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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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I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
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At least be a nice lesbian or you're going to give the rest a bad rap.
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