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It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
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Novelist
Screenwriter
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Port Huron
Michigan
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I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
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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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Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
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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'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 let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
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Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
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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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