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My stories are character driven.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
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Screenwriter
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Port Huron
Michigan
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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 take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.
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I like doing the readings and the autographing, but the interviewing gets a little tedious because you get asked the same questions every day and sometimes three or four times a day.
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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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At least be a nice lesbian or you're going to give the rest a bad rap.
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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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Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
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I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
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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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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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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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Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.
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We get divorce, we get conned, someone we love dies, or we can't find anybody to love us or somebody breaks our heart and we realize this fairy tale ain't fair. So we suffer.
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I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.
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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 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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Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
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I used to get a lot of letters from prisoners. It used to get on my nerves. Especially family members. Everybody's innocent.
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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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