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People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Port Huron
Michigan
Needs
People
Reinvent
Selves
Better
Self
Need
Sometimes

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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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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 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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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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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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Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.
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You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.
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Wherever there's a prison, for the most part, especially where there's Black people, it's overcrowded. I don't know who really gets out.
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happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!
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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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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 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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I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
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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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My stories are character driven.
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It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.
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The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.
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I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.
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