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I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Port Huron
Michigan
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Characters
Talking
Simple

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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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I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is the creator.
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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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don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!
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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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What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.
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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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At least be a nice lesbian or you're going to give the rest a bad rap.
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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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It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.
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Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
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Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.
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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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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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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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People like to run their mouths.
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People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.
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happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!
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People always have something to say about what you do and how you do it.
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