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I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.

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 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 try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.
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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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Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
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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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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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Back then I confused passions and orgasms with love. It look me years to realize the two weren't synonymous.
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My stories are character driven.
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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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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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Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.
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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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People like to run their mouths.
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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'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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I also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!
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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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It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.
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happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!
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I've got tons of irreplaceable information inside the soul of this computer.
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