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

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
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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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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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My stories are character driven.
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Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.
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Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
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I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.
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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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Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
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The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.
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money does not guarantee happiness or peace of mind, it can take your mind off things, distract you, but it can't replace the generic stuff a person needs!
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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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People like to run their mouths.
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I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.
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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 try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.
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Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.
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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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happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!
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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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don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!
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