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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
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Port Huron
Michigan
Autobiographical
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It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.
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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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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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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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It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.
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I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one.
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Wherever there's a prison, for the most part, especially where there's Black people, it's overcrowded. I don't know who really gets out.
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Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.
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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 also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!
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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 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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The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.
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don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!
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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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I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.
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