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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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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Port Huron
Michigan
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The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.
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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 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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People always have something to say about what you do and how you do it.
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What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.
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don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!
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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 goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.
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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 don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
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